DEFERRED VALUE - AN HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRITISH POLICE DOG

• NCJ Number: 58512
• Author(s): C R STANLEY
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: Barry Rose Publishers
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

HISTORICAL TRENDS IN THE USE OF DOGS BY THE BRITISH POLICE SERVICE ARE REVIEWED, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICE DOGS IN CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION AND CRIME DETECTION IS STRESSED.

Abstract

DOGS WERE FIRST USED IN POLICE WORK IN EUROPE IN 1899. SKEPTICISM AND PREJUDICE, HOWEVER, EXISTED IN BRITAIN ABOUT THE USE OF POLICE DOGS. PROPONENTS OF USING DOGS IN POLICE WORK URGED AUTHORITIES TO USE DOGS IN TRACKING AND GENERAL POLICE WORK. BLOODHOUNDS, DOBERMANNS, AND AIREDALES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY UTILIZED BY POLICE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS STILL SOME SKEPTICISM ABOUT THEIR USE. ALSATIANS AND LABRADORS ALSO BECAME POPULAR POLICE DOGS. AN EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL FOR POLICE DOG TRAINING WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1930'S. EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE USE OF POLICE DOGS CONTINUED FROM THE 1940'S THROUGH THE 1970'S, PROVING THAT PROPERLY TRAINED DOGS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO POLICE EFFICIENCY. THE ALSATIAN BREED IS CONSIDERED SUPERIOR FOR THE DETECTION OF DRUGS. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION CONCERNS THE USE OF DOGS FOR THE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES AND DEAD BODIES. APPENDED MATERIAL INCLUDES THE ADDRESS BY MAJOR RICHARDSON TO THE CHIEF CONSTABLES' ASSOCIATION ON THE USE OF DOGS IN POLICE SERVICE. THE TEXT IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS. (DCP).