3-Month-Old Bloodhound Formally Sworn In As New Detective, Judge Makes It Official In Adorable Video!

A young bloodhound named Prince was sworn on March 30 as a K9 detective with the York County Sheriff's Department.

The newest member of a local missing child task force in southeastern Pennsylvania won’t receive a paycheck. Instead, he’ll be paid in Milk Bones, peanut-butter-filled Kong toys, and praise.

That’s because, on March 30, a three-month-old bloodhound named Prince was sworn in as a K-9 detective with the West York Borough Police during a courtroom ceremony in Spring Garden Township. Just like every other sworn officer, the procedure included placing his hands — or rather, oversized puppy paws — on a Bible.


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“So do you swear or affirm?”intoned the district judge, before dismissing with the formalities. “I’m going to say ‘Yes,’ so Mayor, why don’t you grab a treat from the bag there?â€

“I love him. He’s my little buddy already,” Prince’s handler, Scott Musselman, said during an April news conference where Prince made his public debut.


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Numerous community groups came together to bring Prince on board with the department, including a $10,000 donation for his pickup and delivery and donations of food and other supplies.

Musselman and Prince will work side-by-side as members of the Missing Child Task Force, or York County Child Abduction Response Effort Team. But Prince can’t hit the ground running just yet; he is only at the beginning of what will be up to a year of rigorous, on-the-job training to get him up to sniff. Er, snuff.


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His predecessor, a bloodhound named Lou, has worked long and hard during his years with the force and finally decided to turn in his badge. But hopefully there’ll be some cross-over before he retires so he can give the little guy some pointers on how to get extra treats!

Watch the adorable swearing-in ceremony below and share to melt hearts!

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