The New York City Police Foundation is releasing its annual K-9 and friends calendar, and AliBaumanTV got a chance to hang out with the stars of the photoshoot.
"The Police Foundation has been around over 50 years, and we support programs to make New York City a safer place," New York City Police Foundation executive director Gregg Roberts said."By putting these three therapy dogs on this calendar is a huge step forward in breaking the stigma of mental health," said Mark Wachter, commanding officer of the NYPD Health and Wellness section.
The department brought on the therapy dogs just last year to expand mental health resources for officers. "In 2019, we had a suicide crisis in the department, we had 10 members who died by suicide, and that's very hard to say, so we really explored many different modalities in the agency," Wachter said."Really what it does is it just relaxes everybody in the room. The biggest police officer is sitting on the ground kissing the dog, they're taking selfies," Wachter said."A healthy officer on this job has better interactions with the public.
Even though they're supermodels now, the four-legged officers are friendly, so if you see them on the street, don't be afraid to say hi.
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