4 years ago, a stray female calico cat waltzed into a Boston Police Department’s SWAT HQ and decided to never leave. The only fitting name to bestow upon the cat, naturally, was SWAT. The department even made her their unofficial mascot.

They tried often to have the kitty come inside during inclement weather, but they were never successful in luring her in. “[We] have tried numerous tactics over the years to convince her to come in from the elements but she is set in her ways.” Since nothing seemed to work, they decided to build her a house of her own.

“Officer Jamie Pietroski, a 15-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, stayed late after work for several nights painstakingly preparing SWAT Cat’s new home,” writes the department. “The condo features a spacious studio interior layout, a large deck for outdoor dining and glass sliding doors offering panoramic city views.”

“The condo features a spacious studio interior layout, a large deck for outdoor dining and glass sliding doors offering panoramic city views.”

“SWAT Cat moved right in and looks very happy with her new custom kitty accommodations.”

In November 2015 the cat vanished. Her friends from SWAT were heartbroken. "You pull into the driveway and hope she will come running across the parking lot," Officer Evon Burroughs told the Globe shortly after the cat disappeared. "She had become part of the family. But it's sad, she's not there. It's like going to work and not seeing a well-liked coworker."

Many feared she had been killed or had left the unit for good, but in January the cat returned. The story of Swat Cat continues, she loves to sleep on hoods of armored vehicles or curled up on officers' motorcycles. This is one badass mascot!