Which dog breed is used by police?
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Which dog breed is used by police?
The following breeds are popular choices to be trained as police dogs: Belgian Malinois. German Shepherd Dogs. Bloodhounds.
What dogs do police use UK?
The PSNI use a variety of proven dog breeds for general patrol duties, those being, German Shepherd, Belgium Shepherd (Malinois) and Dutch Herder dogs. General Purpose Police Dogs are multi-disciplined canines who are trained to work under a variety of conditions.
Do police dogs live with their handlers UK?
All of our dogs are allocated to a handler who they will stay with throughout their working life; they live at home with their handler and at the end of their working life most dogs retire and remain with their handler as a pet.
Can my dog be a police dog UK?
There are two types of police dogs in service, a general-purpose dog and a drug detection dog. The general-purpose dogs are mainly German Shepherds and some Belgian Shepherds with the drug detection dogs being mainly Springer Spaniels. There are also explosives dogs, which are Border Collies and Spaniels.