MAYBE THE KID NEEDS COUNSELING.
THERE YOU GO.
THANKS FOR YOUR PEEDBACK.
THERE IS A NEW COP ON DUTY
AND HE'S PROBABLY THE CUTEST
OFFICER YOU HAVE EVER SEEN.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SERGEANT FUZZ.
PROFILE ON HIS LAST WEEK.
A DIFFERENT JOB THAN MOST DOGS.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS SUCH AN
INNOVATIVE AND INTERESTING
IDEA.
THE POLICE CHIEF FROM ST. PAUL
IS HERE.
NO ONE CARES.
WE HAVE OFFICER SMITH WITH
US AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY.
SHE RESCUED FUZZ.
TELL THAT STORY.
OFFICER, YOU RESCUED THE
SERGEANT?
[ LAUGHTER ]
BEFORE HE WAS A SERGEANT.
SO THE RESCUE MENDING
SPIRITS CALLED ME.
THEY HAD A MOM DOG OUT ON A
FARM AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN
IT WAS REALLY COLD.
THE PUPPIES WOULD HAVE DIED IF
THEY WERE LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE
COLD.
SO I OFFERED TO TAKE IN THE MOM
AND THE LITTER OF FIVE PUPPIES
AND THEN I TOOK CARE OF THEM.
THEY WERE MAYBE THREE, FOUR
DAYS OLD WHEN THEY CAME IN.
THEN I TOOK THEM IN AND I TOOK
CARE OF THEM, FED THEM.
HOW DID YOU GO FROM IT I'M
TAKING CARE OF THESE PUPPIES TO
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROLE WITHIN
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOT EVERY DOG CAN BE A
THERAPY DOG.
RIGHT NOW HE'S CONSIDERED A
COMPANION DOG.
BASICALLY HE'S IN TRAINING.
YOU CAN TOUCH HIM, YOU CAN
TELL WHEN YOU WERE POKING ON
HIM AS A PUPPY THAT HE WAS
GOING TO BE GOOD.
CHIEF, YOU'RE A DOG PERSON TOO.
OH, I LOVE DOGS.
ACTUALLY THIS IDEA STARTED.
I STARTED TO BRING STELLA TO
WORK ON FRIDAYS.
YOUR DOG.
YES.
SO KATHY GOT AHOLD OF ME WITH
THE IDEA OF A THERAPY DOG FOR
THE DEPARTMENT.
CONNECTING OUR OFFICERS WITH A
THERAPY DOG, OUR COMMUNITY WITH
A THERAPY DOG, WATCHING
OFFICERS GET DOWN ON THEIR
HANDS AND KNEES AND PLAYING
WITH THE DOG.
LIGHTENING UP THE SPIRIT OF THE
OFFICER, IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD
ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR OUR
WORKPLACE.
WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THIS IN
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE DONE
THINGS LIKE POLICE OFFICERS ON
BICYCLES.
ANY SORT OF WAY YOU CAN KIND OF
BREAK THAT PATROL CAR UNIFORM
BARRIER TO GET INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
LOOK AT KYLIE.
THIS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE
WHEN YOU BRING SERGEANT FUZZ.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FIRST
RESPONDERS TOO GOING THROUGH
PTSD AND SO MANY TRAUMATIC
EVENTS.
THIS HAS TO JUST BE SO
SOOTHING.
IT IS.
OUR OFFICERS SPEND A CAREER OF
GOING FROM FROM CALL TO CALL TO
CALL.
A LOT OF TIMES IN PEOPLES WORST
MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES.
WE DO HAVE A CERTAINLY A LEVEL
OF CAREER TRAUMA THAT HAPPENS.
SO HAVING THE OFFICER'S
WELLNESS IN MIND TO HAVE A DOG
INTERACT WITH HIM ON A DAILY
BASIS.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU KNEW
MEETING SERGEANT FUZZ THAT HE
WAS GOING TO BE GREAT.
DID YOU EXPECT THE COMMUNITY
REACTION THAT'S HAPPENED?
HE'S KIND OF BECOME AN INSTANT
CELEBRITY IN THE TWIN CITIES.
WE HAVE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE.
SPENDING ONE AFTERNOON WITH
OFFICER FUZZ AT THE TIME.
I HAD TO PROMOTE HIM.
RIGHT AWAY.
WHEN YOU SEE TALENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO PROMOTE IT.
HE'S ALREADY ON THE
COMMANDER'S LIST.
HE HAS TO BE POTTY TRAINED
FIRST.
RULES ARE RULES.
I DON'T KNOW.
HE'S JUST ADORABLE.
OH.
HIS FACE.
IT'S SO SOFT TOO.
OH MY GOODNESS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING
HIM ON FACEBOOK TODAY FOR ANY
OF OUR VIEWERS OUT THERE.
WE'LL BE DOING LIVES AND VIDEOS
SO YOU CAN WATCH SERGEANT FUZZ
EXPLORING OUR STATION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.
WHO MADE THE UNIFORM HERE?
THIS IS OUTSTANDING.
I DID.
OUTSTANDING.
YOU CAN'T GET THAT AT THE
UNIFORM SUPPLY STORE.
IT'S REALLY COOL.
WE HOPE THIS MAKES A GREAT
DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY
THERE.
THIS IS REALLY FUN FOR US BUT
WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS WORK
FOR THE FOLKS OF ST. PAUL.
YOU DO KNOW HIS SISTER IS
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.
I ALREADY HAVE DIBS.