mumbai uniformed personnel too have a soft side after all officials of azad maidan police station volunteered to babysit an abandoned female labrador over the weekend while juggling their tasks the pedigree canine with a belt strapped around the scruff was found running helterskelter in the middle of the busy road near st xaviers college at dhobi talao on saturday and was brought to the police station by a pedestrianthe alreadypetrified dog soon became the target of stray dogs that usually lurk on the premises of the police station said police subinspector n more we felt the labrador was not safe outside and got her out of sight of the other canines she took some time to warm up but was extremely obedient and playful she saidthe constables tried to feed her milk and biscuits but the traumatized dog initially refused to eat the officials then contacted animal lover vijendra gairola as they thought that the canine needed to be taken to a vet after some petting and coaxing the canine was fed chicken biryani gairola a businessman from peddar road said that the labrador was well taken care of by the policethey kept her at the police station as she could have landed in wrong hands said gairola who arranged for her to be put in foster care on sunday eveningsenior inspector vijay kadam said the public should not hesitate to approach the police regarding abandoned animals the animal helpline is 02228761313