More than 5,000 people have lent their support to a heart-warming campaign to have a little puppy included in the PSNI's drive to beat Christmas criminals in Mid & East Antrim.
Hugo, a Shar Pei, won the hearts of officers at the station with his distinctive wrinkly face and chubby ankles, but their hopes of bringing him on board as a police dog hit the buffers with the boss.
So using the power of social media, the dog-mad team decided to ask the public if they would approve Hugo as an addition to the police family - and more than 5,100 people said yes.
