Police should increase number of dog units operating across the country
I fully support Scotland's new single police force and understand the financial constraints placed upon it but would urge senior officers to consider the valuable work of police dogs and their handlers ("Dogs face redundancy in police service shake-up", The Herald, December 27).
I fully support Scotland's new single police force and understand the financial constraints placed upon it but would urge senior officers to consider the valuable work of police dogs and their handlers (\"Dogs face redundancy in police service shake-up\", The Herald, December 27).
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I was a dog handler with Strathclyde Police for approximately 20 years, until 1998, in a specialist role as explosive search handler and general purpose handler with the search support group.
During my service the strength of the dog section was about 100 dogs. General purpose police dog cover was split into three shifts covering Strathclyde with about 12 dogs per shift on a good day.
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Police should increase number of dog units operating across the country
I fully support Scotland's new single police force and understand the financial constraints placed upon it but would urge senior officers to consider the valuable work of police dogs and their handlers ("Dogs face redundancy in police service shake-up", The Herald, December 27).
I was a dog handler with Strathclyde Police for approximately 20 years, until 1998, in a specialist role as explosive search handler and general purpose handler with the search support group.
During my service the strength of the dog section was about 100 dogs. General purpose police dog cover was split into three shifts covering Strathclyde with about 12 dogs per shift on a good day.
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