“A Belgian Malinois trained to be the ninth member of a Cannon Beach, Oregon, police force has been given the boot, evidently unfit for the field of law enforcement.”
Try reading this line again and note that the dog was being added as the 9th member of the entire force, i.e. prior to the dog joining them, there were a total of 8 sworn officers, likely humans. Cash was to be the 9th member and just happened to be a K-9.
You are correct. I flew off the handle there. ;^)