Lazy Police Pup Sleeps Through His Entire Swearing-In Ceremony

For “Brody,” the new therapy dog for the Bristol Police Department in Rhode Island, USA, Monday was meant to be a momentous day. Even though the lovely 3-month-old puppy was up early, he was able to sleep through your ceremonial swearing-in on your first day of work.

Indeed, Brody spent the entire night awake due to anxiety regarding his important debut.

Brody’s handler, Officer Keith Medeiros, stated to The Dodo:

He does a lot of sleeping and playing. He sleeps a lot, which makes it challenging to play when he’s not asleep.

Though the police department first considered bringing in a drugs or bomb-sniffing dog, Officer Medeiros, who serves as a school resource officer, proposed adding a therapy dog to the force for the first time.

Brody joined the team in the middle of March, and considering that everyone is engaging in social distancing, it’s obviously a challenging period to socialize a dog.

Said Medeiros:

“You want as many people to see it as you can. And I make an effort to accomplish that while using social distance.

However, it turned out that Brody had arrived at the perfect time, acting as a counterbalance to all the tension and worry felt by everyone around him.

Said Medeiros:

“People are pretty stressed out, especially in law enforcement. Just walking around the police department with Brody, people instantly smile, they immediately feel better, and it’s a really nice thing.”