Beau

Beau is a bloodhound and the newest recruit of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Bloodhounds like Beau are in demand for their ability to track people using their highly sensitive sense of smell. They are considered a valuable, low-tech tool for law enforcement in difficult search and rescue cases. Beau's recruitment is newsworthy as it highlights the ongoing use of bloodhounds in modern policing. Separately, a person named Beau is the son of NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick. Tyler Reddick recently won the Daytona 500, and Beau was photographed celebrating with his father and the team. While these are two separate individuals named Beau, both have recently appeared in news articles, one as a working dog and the other as the child of a prominent athlete.