TROY, MI - The Troy Police Department will soon have a feline cop after reaching its Twitter goal.

The department put out a challenge on March 6, 2018. "If we get 10,000 followers by April, we want a police cat." The goal has been reached. The department's Twitter page reached more than 10,000 followers early this morning, doubling the number of followers since the tweet went out just over a week ago.

So what's next? "We're going to work the Humane Society to find a cat," said Sgt. Meghan Lehman of the Troy PD. "We plan to use the cat to bring awareness to shelters and help other cats find homes."

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Sgt. Lehman says the cat will live with an officer and visit the Troy Police Department to hang out with other officers. "We also will interact on social media posting tweets as the cat."

The cat will also be used for community outreach purposes. Ultimately, Sgt. Lehman says she hopes whatever cat they rescue will be able to be around a lot of people and be able to do appearances. "We want to find one that doesn't mind interacting with a fair number of people."