A four-legged trainee with a refreshing name joined the Baltimore Police Force this week.

Mayor Catherine E. Pugh, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and employees of 7-Eleven welcomed Slurpee, a chocolate draft horse that the convenience store franchise named and donated to the city’s mounted police force, on Wednesday morning in front of the 7-Eleven at 55 Market Place.

The 4-year-old horse, which has been training for several months, will stand in for a horse — also named Slurpee — that 7-Eleven funded for the Baltimore police years ago, according to Sgt. Russ Robar. The original Slurpee retired this year.

7-Eleven, which has 78 locations throughout the city, made a $6,000 donation to the Baltimore Community Fund.

Davis offered his words of appreciation for 7-Eleven and even reminisced about the times he and his brother bent the rules when it came to the store’s signature frozen drinks.

“We’d fill [the cup] up, and we’d suck it down as quickly as possible before we filled it again and had to pay for it. I apologize,” he said.

—Brittany Britto