BPD announces name of new K-9

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- The results are in! The Boston's Police Department's new K-9 will be named Viggo.

Viggo is a 9-week old Belgian Shepherd male puppy. He is being trained for patrol and explosive ordinance detection.

The department announced that they were looking for a name on Friday morning after asking for name suggestions last week. After receiving over 20,000 submissions, the names were narrowed down to ten possibilities: Cannon, Clink, Hero, Kevlar, Kojack, Tango, Titus, Rocco, Tuuka and Viggo.

Welcome to the force, Viggo!

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