The police cat: Findus pushes a calm bullet in Murnau Inspection

Created: 03/08/2022, 12:00 p.m

By: Silke Reinbold-Jandretzki

Attention, attention, this is the police cat speaking: Findus relaxed on the radio.

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Bavaria's police have around 400 dogs on duty - but there is probably only one cat in the Murnau inspection.

She has found a second home with the officials.

While dogs from another unit sitting in the same building sniff out drugs, explosives or missing persons and complete alpine missions, Findus pushes a calm bullet.

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– Apparently he can't stand the hustle and bustle.

If things get too busy in the Murnau police station because there are more operations, Findus likes to look for a quiet place, looks around for a suitable office - after all, the doors are open to him.

And usually there is also a friendly person who carries the box of towels in which he snuggles up to sleep.

Findus has had free board and lodging with the Murnau police for about six months, including pats and entertainment.

Findus in the Murnau inspection: "Many colleagues love the cat"

The inspection is probably the only department with a house cat far and wide - and the officials are happy to have them: "It's somehow part of it," says police chief inspector Andreas Wipfelder.

"Many colleagues love them and always have food with them." Cats exude calm, serenity.

The black and white findus is therefore very welcome when the officials on duty are once again particularly busy.

Wipfelder speaks of a "relaxing story", inspection chief Joachim Loy also sees a kind of calming influence in Findus: many a counterpart "shuts down" when he sees the animal.

"This is such a cozy, so relaxed cuddly cat," enthuses Loy.

She exudes calm, which is transmitted.

One heart and one soul: Police Chief Maximilian Kennerknecht and Findus.

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Inspector Coincidence brought Findus and the police together.

Wipfelder, who knows cats "as family members", paved the way for him to a relaxed career as an off-duty police cat.

It must have been at least a year since Wipfelder received the news that a young animal was locked in a van near the inspection.

He saw the cat sitting on the dashboard of the critically warm vehicle and immediately identified the owner, who knew nothing about it.

The animal slipped unnoticed into the interior of the car.

It apparently belongs to residents of Barbarastrasse, where the inspection is also located, but apparently hung around a lot in the open air.

"When I was outside, the cat kept coming over," says Wipfelder - and finally she used the favorable opportunity to get into the building.

Now Findus regularly sits in front of a window, looks through the pane into the inspection room, which is on the ground floor, and raises a mighty alarm: he "babbles around" to be let in, says Wipfelder.

The chief police inspector assumes that the welcome permanent guest is a tomcat who was given the name Findus at some point.

Findus lies on keyboards and purrs on the radio

Now colleague cat makes himself comfortable on police keyboards, from which the officers have to push him from time to time, purrs on the radio or fights against a computer mouse.

Findus usually shares his nights with those on duty, and during the day he keeps checking in with friends and helpers from next door.

And seems very satisfied when he can lie with someone he trusts.

"The cat spends a lot of time with us," says Wipfelder.

He has no doubts: "She feels good." Findus is part of Murnau's police force - even if he can't sniff out drugs or explosives.

He has other qualities.

Colleague cat: Findus with police chief inspector Andreas Wipfelder chair to chair in the "operations center" of the Murnau inspection © Bartl

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