A day in the life of 'Officer Ben,' the busiest - and cutest - Tacoma General security guard

TACOMA, Wash. -- One of the newest -- and cutest --  members of the security team at Tacoma General doesn't even take a paycheck.

His name is Officer Ben, and he's sniffing out drugs, de-escalating potentially violent situations, and bringing smiles to those who need them most.

Ben is a K-9 officer. The hospital brought him in three months ago -- and now he's one of the busiest employees in all of Tacoma General.

How busy? His handler, Brian Phillips, said he placed a Fitbit step tracker on Ben and found he averages 800,000 steps a day!