A police force could become the first in the UK to introduce cats alongside its dogs in the fight against crime after a five-year-old wrote to the chief constable suggesting they should team up.
Eliza Adamson-Hopper received a reply from the Durham police chief, Mike Barton, thanking her for the suggestion and saying he would pass the idea on to an inspector. Barton included a drawing of his cat, Joey, on the back of his handwritten letter.