Benson is nine weeks old, weighs about as much as a bag of groceries, and already has a job most humans would envy. The boxer puppy just joined the Rochester Police Department in Rochester, N.Y., as its first-ever wellness dog with one simple mission: make people feel better.
Assigned to the RPD Wellness Unit, his official duties include providing comfort to officers and staff following traumatic events, helping them decompress after difficult shifts and keeping morale up across the department…