UK cops consider police cat after 5-year-old sends them heartwarming letter

By Police1 Staff

DURHAM, England — After a 5-year-old girl wrote to the Durham police, they may be the first agency to introduce a police cat, The Guardian reported.

Eliza Adamson-Hopper wrote to Chief Constable Mike Barton and suggested the force employ a cat for police work.

“My dog is friends with my cat and I think a police cat would be friends with your police dogs,” Eliza wrote in her letter.

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Barton replied to the young girl and told her they would pass on the idea to Inspector Richie Allen.

Allen told the publication that they are considering a feline officer.

“Their duties and responsibilities have not yet been agreed but if nothing else they will become the force mascot,” Allen said. “Of course, if it smells a rat we’ll expect it to catch it.”