Photos: Meet Kiah, a pit bull soon to be a police dog

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Advocates for the pit bull breed wanted to make Kiah a K9 officer to combat the dog's negative reputation.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul works with Kiah at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul looks on as he works with Kiah at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul runs with Kiah on an obstacle course at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul looks on as Kiah runs an obstacle course at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Kiah clears a hurdle on an obstacle course at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul works with Kiah as she sniffs out a hidden object at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul walks with Kiah after training at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Stacey Coleman, executive director of Animal Farm Foundation, poses with Josie at the SPCA in Hyde Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 photo, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., police officer Justin Bruzgul works with Kiah at K9 school in Stone Ridge, N.Y. Kiah, a two-and-a-half year old pit bull, will soon join the Poughkeepsie Police Department as a crime-fighting, drug-sniffing police dog, a move that advocates of the breed say will counter the stereotypical image of the dog as a dangerous breed beloved by criminals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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