An officer at Changhua County Police Station says that two months ago, the day after Typhoon Soudelor blew in, a wounded pigeon flew onto the police station roof. When police officers found it, it was close to death, with many injuries all over its body, and its tail showed signs of having been cut. The police officers quickly bought pigeon feed to feed it. After two months of tender care by the police officers, the pigeon is making a good recovery, and it has even progressed enough to be able to fly again.
Oddly enough, after the pigeon recovered, it not only did not fly away, but made itself at home on the police station roof. It often stands on a high point of the roof, looking out over Changhua City, and frequently flies on patrol around the police station. Even more interestingly, the pigeon must have told its friends what a great place it is, because other pigeons and turtle doves have joined it in a lineup, all perched on the roof.
If any police officers go up to do anything on the roof, the pigeon seems to have a tacit agreement to fly over to be beside them. It is not afraid of people, and it coos to them as though seeking food or divulging some information, much to the police officers’ amazement.
Photo: Tang Shih-ming, Taipei Times
照片：記者湯世名攝
The news that the County Police Station has a police pigeon living on its roof has spread and the bird is getting more and more famous. When kindergarten children come to visit the County Police Station and see its equipment, they even go specially to the roof to see the police pigeon. That is how famous it is.
The police officers joke that police units have a dove on their insignia, and Changhua Police Station now has a living police pigeon as its symbol. They say it should be enlisted in the force as the police station’s mascot.
(Liberty Times, translated by Clare Lear)
彰化縣警局一名幹部說，兩個月前蘇迪勒颱風來襲，隔天一隻鴿子負傷飛來警局頂樓，被員警發現時已奄奄一息，全身多處受傷，尾巴也有被剪過的痕跡。員警趕緊買來鴿子飼料餵食。經過員警兩個月來細心照料，這隻鴿子的復原狀況良好，也恢復飛翔能力。
說也奇怪，這隻鴿子康復後不僅沒有飛走，反而把警局頂樓當成牠的住家，不僅常站在頂樓高處瞭望彰化市區，還經常在警局四周飛翔巡弋。更有趣的是，這隻鴿子還「呷好逗相報」，呼朋引伴找來其牠鴿子、斑鳩加入陣容，大夥一塊在頂樓棲息。
只要有員警到頂樓活動，這隻鴿子就會很有默契的飛來身旁，一點都不懼怕人，還發出「咕咕」聲，似乎在向員警索取飼料，或在透露甚麼訊息似的，讓員警稱奇。
「縣警局頂樓住著一隻警鴿」的消息傳出，名氣也愈來愈響亮，甚至有幼兒園前來參觀縣警局警用裝備時，還會特別慕名上頂樓看看這隻「警鴿」，可見其魅力。
有員警笑說，警察單位是以警鴿作為象徵，彰化縣警局現在有一隻「活」的警鴿，「應該納入警察單位編制」，作為縣警局的「鎮局之寶！」
〔自由時報記者湯世名〕
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