The newest recruits of the NSW Police Force Dog Unit have been given their fur-ever names by patients at the Sydney Children’s Hospital.
The six german shepherd pups (four females and two males) are ready to commence training at ‘C-unit’ and earn their position within the force.
When it came to names, The Dog and Mounted Command enlisted the help of some of Sydney’s strongest little legends.
“These are some of the strongest and bravest children in our community, so it seems natural for them to be given the opportunity to name our newest frontline heroes”, command patron Andrea Fuller has said.
The kids were asked to vote for their favourite names starting with the letter ‘C’, with a number of participants from different hospital departments.
Four-year-old Nate is a surgical patient and voted for the name ‘Charger’.
When asked why he voted for that name he responded with, “It sounded like a really good Police dog name.”
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In an unexpected trip to the emergency room, eight-year-old Alice chose ‘Cody’, paying homage to her best friend.
“I wanted to name the puppy Cody because my best friends name is Cody and dogs are her favourite animal”.
The female names were finalised as Cody, Carrie, Carol, and Cali, while the males took home Charger and Coops.
These six german shepherd puppies – all named by patients at Sydney Children’s Hospital – are the latest recruits to join NSW’s police academy, @CathrynBoyes reports. https://t.co/2IrdF2QUZW
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Dog and Mounted Commander Superintendent, Michael Rochester, addressed the significance of the children naming the newest recruits.
He acknowledged the lasting imprint that the children will leave on the Dog Unit and the unfortunate COVID climate preventing them from meeting:
“Unfortunately, this year the kids weren’t able to meet the pups in person because of the pandemic but were very glad we could get them involved virtually,” Mr Rochester said.
Dogs involved in the command are used to assist in pursuits, find missing people, detect explosives and drugs, and add great value to law enforcement.
