Greeson: Cop problems, good dog finishing first, a thanks to our school board

Jay Greeson

We’ve all heard the “Nice guys finish last” cliche.

I don’t want to believe it, but cliches become cliches by proving to be true over and over.

The saying apparently reaches to our canine friends doing police work.

Meet Gavel, a German shepherd in the 16-month training program to join the Queensland Police Service in Brisbane, Australia.

Gavel was simply too doggone (sorry) nice for police work, preferring to play and get rubbed on the belly than sniff out drugs and chase criminals. Gavel was removed from training, becoming the first police cadet to be excused for being too cuddly.