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Hi, friends! I'm Hershey, a police therapy dog. This is my police mom, who I fondly call Copper.
I have great respect for the work Copper loves to do for her community. She is very proud to be a police officer and I'm honoured to have been her loyal - and very handsome - furry partner.
I wrote a book based on a true story about the work that Copper and I did in the Youth Unit of our police service. It's called, Police Pup Hershey.
My police mom's friend , Constable Liv Vors, illustrated my book. You can follow her on instagram.com/thinbluescribble to read some of her funny comic strips on the lighter side of law enforcement.

 

SUMMARY OF THIS DOGGONE GOOD BOOK
Hershey is a brown and white border collie puppy who not only looks different from his black and white family, but acts different too. He wants to break away from his dog-family's business of herding sheep on the farm to go to work with Copper, his human police mom.
Hershey dreams of helping the kids that Copper works with who are afraid of the police, but he faces a few unexpected roadblocks that may prevent him from achieving his dream. As Hershey paws through these hurdles, he showcases his training to become a police therapy dog, and helps three students in Copper's school.
Written in first-person narrative by Hershey himself, Police Pup Hershey, is approximately 17,000 words. This true animal story is oriented towards 7 to 10-year-olds. 
The true 'tail' of the enduring loyalty of a kind-hearted and humourous furry police partner is sure to help young readers understand that the police and therapy dogs are truly human’s best friend. Hershey’s unconditional love and inherent selfless canine ways, form solutions for kids, parents, teachers, counsellors, police, and other professionals with a unique and effective proactive method to connect with children who are saturated with identity and mental health issues.   
HOW THE BOOK BEGAN
Constable Val, or Copper, is in her 32nd year of protecting her community. In her 24th year, while working with vulnerableyouth who found themselves in the justice system, she partnered up with the best icebreaker a cop could have: a therapy dog—Hershey—who is the inspiration behind her book, Police Pup Hershey.
Police officers help people every day.  Our Edmonton Police Association supports our police members and they proudly support this book which is written and illustrated by two policewomen.

'Police Pup Hershey' is about how Copper and Hershey help kids overcome today’s problems through compassion, humour and relationship-building via animal therapy.

 

My book is also proudly supported by the Edmonton Community Foundation who support police officers whole-heartedly!

 

 HERE IS A SNIFF OF MY BOOK...
"For the past two months, my paws had been twitching every night in my puppy dreams of becoming a therapy dog for Copper." ............... "The next day, Copper drove me to her police station to meet the police family she was so proud of. But as soon as I saw the police officers in the parking lot, the fur on my back rose. I started feeling anxious, like I had when Copper first came home in her uniform.
I pressed my nose up against our car window and had a terrified feeling in my tummy. “Look at all of those police officers in their scary uniforms!"
 Just then, two officers walked closely by our car. I picked up my blanket with my teeth and threw it over my body, hiding underneath it.
Shivering from fear, I whimpered, “My dream of becoming a police therapy dog is turning into a nightmare."