CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s been over a year since Benny officially began working for the Matthews Police Department.

Benny is a K-9 officer who works alongside Officer Kevin Osuch, sniffing out narcotics for the department’s detection team.

The equipment needed to train Benny however, isn’t cheap.

“Equipment is very expensive," Osuch says. "There’s very few companies that make actual K-9 training equipment.”

Caleb Huff, a junior in high school, learned about the department’s need for K-9 training equipment and decided to build narcotic boxes as part of his Eagle Scout project.

"A lot of the guys in my troop had either done something with churches or more well known community groups," Huff says. "I wanted to do something different, something with a group I was passionate about, so that being law enforcement as well as animals."

Each box can usually cost around $1,000, but Huff was able to make all six boxes for just $250.

“I put about 60 hours into all of them," he said. "That included cutting the wood, painting, putting them together, buying the elements, putting them on, and all that stuff.”

While this started out as a simple Eagle Scout project, these boxes are something the department and Benny really appreciate.

“Caleb took it upon himself to jump right in and look to see what our needs were and fulfill them," Osuch says.

Osuch says these boxes are not only used by their K-9 officers, but they’ve also allowed other K-9 officers from neighboring police departments to utilize them as well.