FLORENCE, Ky. —

Florence Police K-9, a five-year-old German Shepard named Ajax, has a new toy even the strongest dog can't tear apart.

"Bulletproof, stab-proof vest. So just knowing he's a little bit safer means the world," K-9 Handler Officer Blake Burkhardt said. Advertisement

Burkhardt recently got Ajax the vest through a Massachusetts non-profit, given to Florence Police for free.

"I want to put that vest on him and just make sure he's as safe as possible," Burkhardt said.

We caught up with Ajax Wednesday who was in work mode and highly motivated, smelling out crack cocaine hidden in cabinets, performing obedience tasks, and biting down on an officer's protective arm guard during a drill.

In the real world, the vest protects Ajax's vital organs from any suspect with a knife or

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