A Mesa, Arizona cop applied for a $100,000 grant last year from the Federal Government to train a capuchin monkey as a member of the police force. Apparently, officer Sean Truelove never heard back regarding his grant application. From the Washington Post:
Capuchins, natives of the South American rain forests, have long been used as companions to disabled people, performing tasks such as opening doors, switching on lights and fetching items. Truelove reasoned that the monkeys could also be deployed for special-operations missions — sneaking into crevices, unlocking doors, carrying video cameras to capture information. “It would change the way we do business,” he told a local reporter.