Posted
12/06/2009 04:14:00 PM
by Douglas
Police work isn't just for dogs anymore. Meet Jade, the police
cat:Those visiting the Lumberton Police Department are carefully evaluated by one member of the office staff.
The question in those big green eyes: Do you like cats?
If you do, Police Cat Jade might decide to give you some attention.
Not too much work a 3-legged cat can do at the police station, but everyone has their job. How did he get there?
He was brought to them by an older woman who wanted then-Chief Norman Reynolds to have him euthanized because of the pain he was in with his right front leg mangled and partially missing.
The chief refused because of the expense and because the woman wasn't from Lumberton.
I think I saw a sign when I drove through Lumberton: "Welcome to Lumberton: Cat Euthanization for Residents
Only."