Use of K-9's in Law Enforcement
As the United States Supreme Court has deemed that the use of highly trained canines is Constitutional to assist law enforcement agencies, they are a major deterrent for violent criminals, as well as a deterrent to proactive police work to prevent crimes from occurring. Canines are a major crime-fighting tool to assist law enforcement.
The use of canines in law enforcement is a tool that has been utilized for years around the world. In the 1970's the use of dogs to a foothold in the United States( 2013, dogsforlawenforcement.org). Canines assist local and federal law enforcement agencies in many ways such as locating and apprehending violent criminals, tracking missing people, sniffing out drugs or bombs
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It is a common tool used to curb criminal activity. Law enforcement agencies around the world use canines to assist them in their daily work routines. A well-trained canine is just a tool it does not replace the work of the officer. The canine cannot do the job unless the officer's start the task for them. The use of canines in law enforcement has proved to be effective. Canine use by departments is becoming more and more popular. Canines have proved to be a benefit to law enforcement for several reasons. A detector dog's alert on a vehicle, for example, is as good as a search warrant due to the inherent mobility of the vehicle. This cuts down on the officer's time and paperwork to have to apply for a search warrant, keeping him on the street capable of doing his/ her job. This also allows a search of the vehicle without the consent of the occupants or owner based on the highly trained canines training. Canines are used to search houses and buildings during search warrants for illegal narcotics or violent …show more content…
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A dog is often times referred to as “Man’s Best Friend.” Many people have dogs and enjoy spending time with them. Dogs may be friendly and tame but may also be ferocious and dangerous. Because of these contrasting potential behaviors, along with others, I believe that workplaces should not allow employees to bring their dogs to work.
K9 dogs ar expected to perform well in varied things, like finding a suspect through smell, protective its handler, finding hidden objects in an exceedingly 150’x150′ space, knowing a way to respond once under attack, and sleuthing explosives and narcotics. Before a handler will begin operating with a dog as a political candidate working dog, the dog should pass the normative police check, or may be bought, absolutely ready, from Master Dog coaching.
This is just something that a small percentage of dogs naturally know how to detect and react to. Diabetes alert dogs can detect low or high blood sugar by detecting odor from its human’s breath. The dog will react or nag his human to alert him to take necessary action. There are even allergy service dogs. Allergy service dogs can for instance someone with a peanut allergy may have an allergy service dog that can detect peanut ingredients by smell. With proper training or instinct there are many different types of services that service dogs can help people with.
To keep away from an ethical irregularity in the legitimate framework, the rules ought to be composed so that the civil forfeiture discipline for a demonstration does not surpass the criminal discipline for a similar demonstration. Swinging to infringement of the guideline of relative assurances, there are two conceivable arrangements: bring down the reality of civil forfeiture's results, or raise the level of civil forfeiture's procedural insurances (Rainbolt & Reif, 1997). To bring down the reality of civil forfeitures, one could restrain the estimation of continues and facilitators which might be looked for in civil forfeiture. Since the procedural securities in civil forfeiture cases are lower than standard civil strategy and on the grounds that civil forfeiture regularly conveys an indistinguishable shame from a criminal conviction, to take care of the proportionality of techniques issue, civil forfeiture non-disgrace results would need to be low without a doubt. All things considered, civil forfeiture would at no time in the future be much use against operations like the Cali cocaine cartel. Along these lines, we should raise the level of civil forfeiture procedural insurances when continues or facilitators are included (Rainbolt & Reif,
There are many breeds of dogs to choose from some of the most common are golden retriever, German shepherd, and Labrador retriever. Many people can pick almost any breed they are looking for though. The common breeds I pointed out are used because of their intelligence, willingness to work, and their mobility. The dogs that help are really filling a hole that these people have.
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The Military Working Dog have been used for thousands of years. There is much evidence pointing to the connection of man and dog going back to the last ice age. Many different cultures across the world have employed them in battle. The United States has limited their Military Working Dog Program to one central facility and only select breeds of dog. The future battlefield will be shaped by new tactics and technology related to Military Working Dogs. These animals can be adopted or continue to serve in other respects once their military service is over.
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.
Police mounted patrol strategy is one of the oldest strategies of police patrols but it is still an effective patrol strategy in modern policing and provides a lot of benefits. Horses began to be used by the police in the Old West as a solution to the problem that Sheriffs were facing in which they were put in charge of maintaining the peace of vast territories but the Sheriffs did not have enough Sherriff deputies or logistics to cover these areas so horses became a solution to improve this problem and it helped the crime rate to decreased (Fine). There are about 600 mounted police units all across the United States and the officers in these units receive training on how to properly handle a horse as a partner and tool to fight against crime and how to use the horse as crime prevention tool, the officers also receive training on how to train the horse with obedience training so that the horse can remain calm in the different situations in
There are dogs able to sniff out cancer cells, ones who can sense changes in the blood sugar levels of there masters and family members . The talents of these special animals are matched by those of tens of thousands of remarkable canines — dogs trained to sense disease and seizures, to assist the physically and emotionally disabled, and to provide comfort, affection, and therapy to their human companions.
They are used as fighting dog’s which doesn’t help anything. Even when a drug dealer has one and the cops come to bust them they let out the Pit Bull which the owner has trained it to fight. They have a very bad rep because of people saying that other dog attacks are Pit Bulls when they are not even close to that.
There are many different types of work dogs. Some types of work dogs also have different jobs for which they are trained for. Law enforcement dogs, for instance, are normally detector dogs. Detector dogs have a large interest in fetching and retrieving. There are two major types of detector dogs. These types are narcotic detectors and explosive detectors. Narcotic detectors are used to search for drugs and narcotics. Explosive detector dogs are used to detect TNT and other like explosives. There are three main dog breeds used as law enforcement dogs. The German shepherd is the best breed for law enforcement. They are easily taught to attack with full control and know how to restrain someone without hurting them. They are very agile and strong. They have heart and are very brave dogs. Another breed used is the Labrador retriever. They are used as detector dogs, both narcotic and explosive. They naturally have the urge to retrieve things. Golden Retrievers are also great dogs for detecting, again, both narcotics and explosives.
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In most cases, law enforcement involves investigation of all forms of suspected, potential or actual criminal activities and presenting evidence arising from investigation to the courts for determination of criminal culpability and subsequent punishment. Law enforcement is also concerned with detaining criminal suspects pending further investigation or judicial action. These, however, are not the only responsibilities or functions of law enforcement. Law enforcement is also concerned with deterrence and prevention of crime as well as enforcement of all the orders given by the law courts such as writs or warrants. In addition, law enforcement play an important role in ensuring public safety, maintaining public order, operating c...
The military uses a lot of equipment, but the most important one are dogs. Some of the weapons that the military uses are M4 Carbine, MK19 Grenade Machine Gun, M109 Paladin, and GAU-8 Avenger. Some other equipment they use are A-10 Thunderbolt II, Cougar 4x4 MRAP, and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Out of all the equipment the military uses, dogs are the most important because the breeds that are used, the training they go though, and how they help military personals.