New Jersey unwanted rescue dog becomes police department's first K-9 in decades

Thanks to the patience and vision of just the right humans, a Belgian Malinois named Arrow went from a New Jersey animal shelter to becoming a Pennsylvania police department’s first K-9 since the 1960s.

Deb Bucci, an animal attendant at the Burlington County Animal Shelter, knew there was something special about Arrow, who lived in the shelter for eight months, the Burlington County Times reported.  "Their brains, especially in the Malinois, are continuous, and when they are locked in the kennel they go crazy," Bucci told the newspaper.  A Facebook post led her to Angela Connor, the co-founder and chief financial officer of the Rescue 22 Foundation, which trains dogs to help disabled veterans.