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A police dog, also known as a K-9, is a dog that is trained to assist police and other law enforcement officers. Their duties may include searching for drugs and explosives , locating missing people , finding crime scene evidence, protecting officers and other people, and attacking suspects who flee from officers.
FRAMINGHAM — The Police Department recently welcomed three new four-legged members to the force.. Police dogs Luca, Bergy and Murph have joined the department, adding to a K-9 unit that already ...
There are a total of 240 active police dogs in Denmark, each of which are ranked in one of three groups: Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3. Dogs in Group 1 are very experienced, and highly trained. Group 1 dogs are typically within the age range of four to eight years old and are used for patrolling, rescue, searching for biological evidence and ...
The Police K-9 Unit, formerly the Police Dog Unit ( PDU) [1] is a specialist force of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) under the direct command of the Special Operations Command. It specialises in the training of police dogs in explosive detection, drug detection, guard duties, anti-crime operations, helping detain criminals, and general purposes.
Police consider K-9 dogs useful in large part because of their enhanced sense of smell. "Half our K-9s are trained to detect elicit drugs and the other half can detect explosive materials," Valdez ...
The Rapid City Police Department decided to get their police dog some winter boots -- they had no idea he would have such a goofy reaction. Watch: Police K9 goes viral for hilarious 'dance' to get ...
Apollo was a German Shepherd born around 1992, who was in service with the K-9 unit of the New York Police Department (NYPD). [4] In 1994, he graduated from the NYPD Canine Special Operations Division, and was one of the first dogs to learn search and rescue. Apollo passed Type-II training in Florida in 1997, and Type-I in Indianapolis in 1999.
Dog Police is a short-lived 1980s new wave band from Memphis, Tennessee, that briefly gained notoriety for the music video of their 1982 single, "Dog Police". In 1983, the video was featured on MTV 's late-night show Basement Tapes , which aired homemade music videos and asked audience members to call in and vote for their favorites.