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D.K.DIST Police Dog Squad
D.K.DIST Police Dog Squad : History of Police Dogs European police forces were using bloodhounds as early as the 18th century. It wasn't until World War I that countries like Belgium and Germany formalized the training process and started using dogs for specific tasks, such as guard duty. The practice continued through World War II. Soldiers returning home brought news of the well-trained dogs being used by both sides of the conflict. Soon, K-9 programs were begun in London and other cities across Europe. The use of police dogs didn't gain a foothold in the United States until the 1970s. Today, police dogs are recognized as a vital part of law enforcement, and the use of police dogs has grown rapidly in the last five years. The following is a list of dog breeds that are or have been used as aides on police forces. There are different jobs a police dog can do: public order enforcement, illict substance detection, tracking, and cadaver searching. Note that some police forces only use one breed of dog for every one of these tasks, such as German Shepherds, rather than using one breed for tracking and another for illegal substance detection.The job these dogs hold is to chase after a fleeing suspect and hold it for officers, or detain suspects from some action by threat of the dog being released. This is the traditional image of a police dog. Belgian Malinois Boxer Dutch Shepherd German Shepherd Rottweiler Schnauzer- Giant+Standard , Illicit Substance Detection Dogs . These dogs sit with their handlers in airports, sniffing the passengers from afar for illegal substances a person may carry in their luggage or carry-on items; these are most commonly drugs or explosives. Beagle Basset Hound Foxhound Labrador Retriever Sulimov Dog Schnauzer. Tracking Dogs. These dogs are used for sniffing the trails of lost or missing persons or objects. Bloodhound Coonhound. Cadaver Sniffing Dogs These dogs are trained to detect the odor of decomposing bodies in order to find corpses and human remains. Their noses are so sensitive, they can even smell a body from under running water. Beagle Bloodhound German Shepherd (Protect the officer, attack dog) Dutch Shepherd (Protect the officer, attack dog) Belgian Malinois ( Protect the officer, attack dog) Boxer (Germany) ( Protect the officer, attack dog) Labrador Retriever ( Sniff out bombs, sniff out drugs) Doberman Pinscher ( Protect the officer, attack dog) Springer Spaniel ( Sniff out bombs, sniff out drugs) Bloodhound ( Track down Criminals, sniff out bombs, sniff out drugs) Beagle ( sniff out bombs, sniff out drugs) Rottweiler (Protect the officer, attack dog) Giant Schnauzer (Protect the officer, attack dog) Today, police forces in most major cities use police dogs to track criminals, sniff out illegal materials, search buildings, and do other jobs human police officers can't do as well as a dog can. Not only are there thousands of police dogs on the job on any given day, but there are also hundreds of police dogs who have given their lives to protect and serve. Dogs On Patrol Why do we bother using police dogs at all? For one thing, their sense of smell is almost 50 times more sensitive than a human's. A dog can sniff out criminals, drugs, weapons, and bombs in situations where a human officer would have to search every inch, a dangerous task. In one case, Breston, a Belgian Malinois who works with the Cheektowaga Police Department in Cheektowaga, NY (a suburb of Buffalo), easily sniffed out a shipment of marijuana in heat-sealed Mylar bags, inside plastic-lined crates sealed with foam sealant, inside a closed storage garage. With his sensitive nose and a search warrant, Breston kept $3,400,000 worth of drugs off the streets. The Dogs Have It While a police dog is on a drug sweep, he can cover a lot of area very quickly. It would take human officers 10 times as long to search the same area, and they'd still never find everything a dog can sniff out. These images are of D.K.DIST Police Dog Squad.
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