In 2020, we saw the restaurant Rita’s Ice unveil a Philly cheesesteak ice with cheese whiz?! Twitter decided it would develop an edit button, and McDonald’s clowned us with a Millennial Happy Meal.
But in the world of fuzzy critters, one Oklahoma Sheriff’s department decided to do something totally different.
Who needs drooly dogs when you can have fluffy kitties instead? And cats can do (most) anything a dog can do right? So the Oklahoma City Sheriff’s office released a video on April 1st 2022 announcing the replacement of their K-9 unit. But instead of pooches, a force of felines were going to do the job instead!
“We are capitalizing on those natural abilities to produce the best tactical feline program in the country. It’s the future of policing!” the sheriff’s office said.
Police Felines?
The video, posted on Facebook, shows Staff Sergent Bradley Wynn holding a black and white cat explaining the job of the purrfect
The caption on the video originally posted by the department states,
“The three black and white police felines we are purchasing will take part in an extensive, 10 month training program in Colorado at a cost of about $10K each, paid for through a federal Homeland Security grant.”
Wow, $10,000? How much do you wanna bet the cats will still do as they please?
Some of the hilarious names of the “classic black and white model” of cats are Kujo and Bloodfang. Staff Sergent Wynn goes on to say that the cats take up a lot less space, and are better suited for narcotic training. The cats are supposedly trained with catnip but then later, Wynn jokes the nip is replaced with “more potent narcotics.”
Of course, the video is all in good fun. But it sounds pretty convincing! After all, we fully believe when Staff Sergeant Wynn says when cats latch on, they really “latch on!”
Officer Froo Froo the Cat
This isn’t the first time police departments have played feline practical jokes. For example, in 2016 on unsuspecting (and really friendly) motorists in Salina, Utah.
“Utah Police Chief Eric Pratt pretended his cat was a ‘drug-sniffing feline’ during a traffic stop on April Fools’ Day.” screenshot via NBC
This time, “Officer Froo Froo” was his drug-sniffing cat. Officer Pratt told the people in the car that Officer Froo Froo would go to work detecting any unusual smells in the car. Moments later, Pratt revealed the April Fool’s joke, and the good-humored group seemed to get a genuine belly laugh out of it.
Funnily enough, Officer Froo Froo was a black and white kitty too! Perfect color combo for a police cat don’t you think?
