The newest member of the Fairfield Police Department has a nose for police work.

Penny, a 13-week-old bloodhound, is the Fairfield Police Department's third and newest K-9.

"When she's not jumping all over you, she's smelling anything and everything in the world," said her handler Officer Anthony Renaldi.

Penny is trained to assist in tracking missing or lost persons.

"We've never had a bloodhound before in the history of our department and we are so excited to see how this bloodhound is going to help our community," said Fairfield Police Chief Mike Paris.

Fairfield police named her after asking the public for help in choosing a name.

"Penfield is a very historic name. You know, we have Penfield Beach, Penfield Pavilion and the town thought that Penny was a fitting name,” said Renaldi.

Penny has been out meeting people in the community and has been attracting quite a crowd.

"It's a positive thing. She's out here to help people, help the community. To help find people and to meet everybody. That's all she wants to do is meet everybody," said Renaldi.

The department says when she's older, she'll attend a seven-week academy before becoming fully certified and ready to pick up the scent.

This Penny is making plenty of sense for Fairfield. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook.