"Police dogs can tell the difference between identical twins. While this may fool the eyes of a human, dogs are trained to use their noses" (McVicker). This is just one of the many amazing things that dogs can do and humans can't. The police force has been using advantages like these in canines for centuries. (McVicker) Although they are often overlooked, police dogs (also known as "K9s") have done a lot to help communities around the world. Pet dogs can be adorable when taught tricks, but police dogs have learned how to master very complicated tasks that the police force wouldn’t be able to tackle without them. To better understand what police dogs are and how they affect the way police forces work, it might be helpful to first learn about …show more content…
Some things that the dogs and their handler learn to perform are, "bomb and narcotic detection, human tracking, and finding hidden objects in a 150’x150′ area. The handler and dog must also be able to pass the police test, which involves controlling the dog fully, even after giving the dog the attack command. The dog must stop immediately and fulfill any command it is given by the handler" ("Master dog Training”). In addition to those skills, some police dogs are required to go to the shooting range with their handlers to adjust to the sound of a gun (Ruffin). Police dog training can be really hard for dogs, especially as they are very young when they start. When they are just puppies, the police force will do tests to see if they would work well as police dogs when they are older.Most of this testing assesses the dogs’ patience and curiosity as those are key skills for K9s to have (Ruffin). Altogether, this training can be very costly and require great effort. If the dog handler isn’t completely committed, the dog could lose his/her ability to complete specific tasks in the police force, making their trainer have to go back and relearn how to teach them their skills ("Master dog Training”). Training can be very harsh at times as Melvin Pena explained, “Training for police dogs begins when a dog is just about a year old. The best regarded and most …show more content…
In 1907, the first police dog was used in the United States and long before that, the Persians, Greeks, Babylonians and Assyrians had used dogs in the police force (McVicker). Among many places that use police dogs, the United States primarily used K9s to search for people who had escaped from prisons. The breed that they used most was the bloodhound because they were better at sniffing people out. In fact, bloodhounds were so popular that they used to be the only dogs that could give evidence in court (Ruffin). Although currently it is illegal to search a house without a warrant, Charles Sloane said," in the fifteenth century a tax was levied upon the English people for maintaining hounds used for tracking criminals, and a law was in existence at the time that whoever denied entrance to one of the dogs would be treated as an accessory to the crime." One of the original kinds of crime-fighting dogs were Dalmatians. They were originally called "carriage dogs". They helped make space for fire carts and also guarded firehouses. This is the reason that a lot of fire departments are associated with Dalmatians (Murray). In the 1950's, Sloane explained what police dogs were most used for, "Trained watchdogs are now used in a number of large retail stores, warehouses, and famous museums. Factories are using them to augment the guard
be a dog. It wasn’t just any type of dog, this was a special, bomb-sniffing dog use for military
Officer Wheetley stated that he only had records of Aldo’s successes and no records of the times when he didn’t succeed. With no evidence of Aldo’s bad performances, the Supreme Court concluded that “ when a dog alerts, the fact that the dog has been trained and certified is simply not enough to establish probable cause.” Also, the Supreme Court established requirements that a dog and handler would have to meet to support a finding of “probable
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After the 30th of November 1991, it is an offence to have specially controlled dogs unless it is being held as the result of seizure or destruction. However there is an exemption scheme which lets owners keep the controlled dogs as long as they inform police that the dog has been neutered or spayed and can be identified permanently and as long as there is an insurance plan in place, a fee has been paid and then a certificate of exemption will be issued. Many of the first attacks were from Rottweiler’s and then pit bulls and the Act was speedily passed, some say it being passed so fast has made the draft deprived.
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Almost every state and there cities have a K-9 unit. But if you're like me, your not to sure what they exactly are and how they work. Well there are many different kinds of K9 units, like patrol dogs, narcotic dogs, arson detection dogs, and explosive detection dogs. Plus K-9 units have two helpful new technology pieces to help then protect there canine partners.
Universal K9 started as a, for-profit company, in 2010 but quickly realizing the greater mission. In early 2012 Universal K9 started saving dogs, training them and donating them to Law Enforcement Agencies nationwide! Universal K9s program is a triple win, saving dogs, to help law enforcement protect our communities all while saving taxpayer dollars. To date, Universal K9 has saved and placed hundreds of fully trained police dogs making the success of this program more than any other non-profit in this space. Unlike other programs, “Universal K9s courses are APPROVED by the State Approving Agency making our training a step above any other Law Enforcement K9 training organization in Texas.”
Golden retrievers are one of the three most popular breeds for guiding the blind. They have proven to be calm, trainable and have an excellent temparment for the work. They enjoy a close relationship with their owners. Their intelligence and temperament have also included them in the field of police dogs, watchdogs, narcotic detection dogs, and explosives detection dogs. To be an explosive dog they need to be correct on hundred percent of the time throughout their training. Golden retievers are very loyal to their family. They love to please their owners. Their willingness to please make them excel in
Dogs are common throughout the world, either as a domestic pet, a protector on a farm, or an assistant for hunting amongst others. Regardless of the reason for having a dog, most people have either owned one for themselves or have known somebody who has owned one at some point in their life. Despite the relative normality of having a dog in your life in one way or another, the reasons for dogs coming into existence are not common knowledge among most people. Throughout a great portion of mankind’s history, dogs have been an essential part of life. The truth is, dogs were actually created in part by man.
A dog handler working in the law enforcement field is basically an officer who has completed all of the requirements to become first a police officer, and then a specially trained officer working with other specially trained police canines. These highly trained dogs are either chosen or bred for their high intelligence and their strong sense of smell (Canine Officer Careers – K9 Job Description., 2015). There are many tasks that these dog handlers and canines have to perform on a daily basis. This is why it is important to have dogs that are well rounded in their intelligence and their sense of smell. Not only is the handler just a dog handler, but he maintains the duty of being a police officer and has to perform duties such as apprehending
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“There are three kinds of people in the world. There are wolves and there are sheep. And then there are those who protect the sheep from the wolves” (Christopher Shields qtd, Police Line). There are many sheep in the world, but for every sheep there is a wolf. In this quote, those protecting the sheep are police officers. The men and women of the police force choose to defend the “sheep” everyday. These “sheep” are everyday citizens, while the wolves are the criminals. Those protecting the sheep in this quote are often in danger just like police officers are often in danger while protecting citizens. Though police cadets go through many months of training, it does not help to fully prepare the new officers for everyday situations. It is necessary for the community that cadets are provided with more complete training that will benefit the officers once they are on the job.
Guide dogs begin training at just a puppy. The dogs are taught basic things like to sit, stay, wait, down, off, etc. and of course they are taught to be house broken. The social training for the dog is one of the most important of all they will learn. During this training dogs are introduced to sights, smells, sounds, and unusual surfaces. The trainers also keep close attention to their socializing toward dogs, people, and traffic. And this is a basic training for a guide dog.
Emert, Phyllis Raybin., and Howard Schroeder. Law Enforcement Dogs. Mankato, MN: Crestwood House, 1985. Print.
You will realize that dog training basically builds a solid relationship between you and your dog. It establishes you as a pack leader. The time you spend together as a team, learning about each other, normally deepens your bond.