Unusual names revealed for adorable West Midlands Police puppies

Meet the Disney characters litter at West Midlands Police. Introducing 'Baloo, Jasmine, Jessie, Maui, Flynn, Tiana, Merida and Mirabel' in the video footage above.

West Midlands Police asked the children of some of their dog handlers to name eight Labrador puppies after their favourite Disney characters. And they couldn’t wait to get involved.

In the coming weeks, the ‘pawsome’ pups will go to live in their temporary homes with some of the police's amazing volunteers. They will then begin their journey to become four-legged crime fighters.

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An integral part of their development is socialising and our volunteers do a great job at making sure the pups get out and about to meet new people and explore new places.

Over the next 12 months police said they will keep the public updated on how they get on. Police dogs are integral to the work they do in protecting the public and fighting crime. Police say they couldn’t do this job without their four-legged heroes.

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