Little girl sends letter requesting police cats, gets the sweetest reply
"Cats are good at finding their way home and could show policemen the way."
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LONDON -- There are plenty of police dogs out there, so why don't we have any police cats?
That was the perfectly reasonable question sent in to Durham Constabulary recently by 5-year-old Eliza, who made a strong case for the use of crime-fighting felines.
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Here's Eliza's letter in full.
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She does have some pretty convincing arguments, to be fair.
Chief Constable Michael Barton obviously thought so too -- he sent Eliza the following reply, assuring her that her suggestion would be passed on up the chain.
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What a brilliant exchange.
Mashable reached out to Durham Police, who emailed photocopies of the letters and confirmed that they did indeed come from Chief Constable Mike Barton.
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