<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/9091007/mashable.com/2016/03/31/police-cat-letter/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_medium%3Dwebsite%26utm_content" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 38px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A police chief recruits a 'Police Cat' on the advice of a 5-year-old girl. Just in time for Caturday</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of <i>Mashable</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/police-cat-letter/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link#W49Zoc5HJuqF">http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/police-cat-letter/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link#W49Zoc5HJuqF</a></div><div> </div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><h1 class="title" href="http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/police-cat-letter/" style="margin: 0px; font-family: MuseoSlabLight; font-weight: normal; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 3.8rem; line-height: 1.2; clear: left; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Little girl sends letter requesting police cats, gets the sweetest reply</h1></div><div> </div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This has got to be one of the greatest letters ever sent to the police.</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_01.jpg</a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LONDON — There are plenty of police dogs out there, so why don't we have any police cats?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here is </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eliza's letter in full.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_02.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_02.jpg</a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She does have some pretty convincing arguments, to be fair.</span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_03.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_03.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 1.5em;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_04.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_040216_04.jpg</a></p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 1.5em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What a brilliant exchange.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.75em 0px 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="line-height: 1.5;">Mashable</i><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> reached out to Durham Police, who emailed photocopies of the letters and confirmed that they did indeed come from Chief Constable Mike Barton.</span></span></p></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>