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A POPULAR PUP IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY WORKS WITH POLICE IN RICHMOND AND IS ALSO AN AUTHOR ON THE SIDE. WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO K-9 DUKE MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AGO… DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SINCE THEN… THE THERAPY PROGRAM HAS SHOWN UP FOR FLOODS, FIRES AND MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES. AND LAUNCHED NOT ONE… BUT TWO BOOKS ABOUT DUKE’S MISSION. NBC5’S ERICKA LOVE JOINS US LIVE FROM HIS NEW HOME IN RICHMOND. HOW’S DUKE DOING, ERICKA? LAUREN, ADRIAN, I CAUGHT UP WITH DUKE AND HIS PARTNER, CORPORAL COHEN, WHO ARE LAUNCHING THEIR SECOND BOOK. ABOUT THE WORK THEY’VE BEEN SPEAR- HEADING THE PAST FOUR YEARS. IT’S CHILDREN’S BOOK. AND THE PROCEEDS WILL SUPPORT THE COMFORT DOG PROGRAM. THE IDEA FOR THE STORY — “DUKE TAKES A DAY OFF” — CAME FROM THE DAUGHTER OF DUKE’S PARTNER, CORPORAL MATTHEW COHEN. COHEN SAYS DUKE HAS BROUGHT MANY SMILES TO MANY EMERGENCY SCENES SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAM. HE HOPES THIS BOOK LAUNCH WILL DRIVE MORE SUPPORT FOR THEIR MISSION.