TROY, MI – Troy’s first police cat has died.

Pawfficer Badges, a kitten chosen to serve on Troy Police Department’s feline unit in May 2018, died on Feb. 8 after a battle with feline leukemia. Badges was undergoing chemo at the time of her passing in the care of Leuk’s Landing Inc., according to the department.

“Badges was lovingly cared for by the people of Leuk’s Landing Inc. in Ann Arbor for her two years of life and we are very grateful to them,” the department wrote on Facebook.

Badges was selected as the department’s police cat after the public won a Twitter challenge from Troy PD to get its page up to 10,000 followers.

Badges was eventually replaced by Pawfficer Donut on May 11, 2018 after it was determined she wouldn’t be able to fulfill her duties as police cat. Feline leukemia can be transmitted to other cats and can be deadly.

Badges was eventually moved to Leuk’s Landing to live with dozens of other cats suffering from the same disease. Badges’ siblings, Kel and Alex, who have been renamed to Lt. Kel and Miranda Rights, also live at the facility.

The Troy Police Department is asking the public to support the facility that cared for Badges by visiting leukslanding.org. A video tribute to Badges can be seen below.

R.I.P. Badges.