Windsor's police department is welcoming a few new recruits to the force.
"Everybody loves to pet them and play with them, they bring in their Kongs and people love to throw them down the hall for them," said Windsor PD Sergeant Michael Cygan.
He's talking about Xaros and Zuma — two dogs in the department's new K-9 unit. Cygan said after some extensive training, they'll join officers on the job.
"The main push actually came from our line-level officers — they were responding to lots of narcotics-related crimes, overdoses, fentanyl exposures," he said.
The dogs will start several months of K9 academy training in January. Cygan said once they’re done, they’ll enter the force like anyone else.
"I need to put in an order for their badges, but we will actually have a swearing in ceremony for them," he said.
Cygan added just having the dogs around has made for a positive presence.
Xaros is a Belgian Malinois and Zuma is a German Shepherd. Both dogs come from Poland.
