Once in a while, a news item is light-hearted and this one elicited chuckles and smiles from viewers.
A police K-9 named Officer Ice was recently “under investigation” for allegedly stealing from one of his own colleagues.
This month, the Wyandotte Police Department (WPD) in Wyandotte, Michigan, shared a now-viral image of Ice’s mugshot following his recent criminal charges. As the post stated, Officer Barwig was in the middle of his lunch when he was called into the WPD jail for assistance. Upon his return, Barwig’s lunch had vanished and Ice was seen leaving the break room while “licking his chops,” according to the WPD’s post, which was shared on Facebook 11,000 times.
The presumed guilty party, Ice, has garnered quite the following since his story spread across social media platforms. “The response from the Facebook post was great,” Chief Brian Zalewski of the WPD told Fox News Digital. “There was an immediate defense of Ice and calls for the department charges to be dismissed.”
“Although Ice is getting a little gray in the beard and not on everyday patrol, he is still very much a part of our department.”
“Since Ice has been with our police department for so long, he is well known and loved in our community,” Zalewski added. “People coming to his defense was immediate.”
One Youtube poster wrote: “they oughta give that dog a big steak, for all the years he’s put in, all the work and protection, that big awesome dog.”
Another quipped: “He deserved a good treat, he earned for all the good work he does. Not Guilty” and plenty of others offered to share their cheeseburgers with the 11-year veteran.
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