Lewis County Sheriff’s Office Replaces Drug Dogs With Cocaine Bear
LEWIS COUNTY — In what officials are calling a “bold new direction in drug enforcement,” the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office has reportedly replaced its drug-sniffing dogs with one highly motivated bear.
The bear, known around the department simply as Cocaine Bear, has already been described as “very effective,” though deputies admit the program still has a few things to work out.
“He finds the drugs,” one deputy said. “The problem is what happens immediately after that.”
During its first demonstration, Cocaine Bear allegedly located narcotics in a training vehicle, the evidence room, and possibly the glove box of a patrol car no one had checked since 2017. He then ran three laps around the parking lot before climbing into the back of a cruiser and refusing to come out.
Sheriff’s officials say the bear brings a stronger nose, more energy, and “a level of intensity you just don’t get from a Labrador.” Critics, however, have questioned whether replacing calm, well-trained dogs with a 500-pound bear dusted in white powder sends the right message.
The department says the program will continue as Cocaine Bear has been highly profitable, errr — beneficial the the Sheriff Office.
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