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Ben Werner, Student Newspaper Editor
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Police dogs had a very bad political reputation because of their historical role in attacking civil rights demonstrators.
Vancouver police used dogs to inspect Mexican consulate officials offices and cars.
Releasing police dogs on civil rights demonstrators.
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Brian Mengel, Civil Servant
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Police Dogs and their specially trained partners, considered by many to be the most effective part of the local law enforcement equation, in its combined efforts to serve and protect you and your community.
Central Search Dogs is a voluntary organisation that assists the police with wilderness and civil defence search and rescue activities.
The Police Department enforces the regulation governing the control of cats and dogs.
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John Carthy, Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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The dogs that were bred by the Soviet Military for police dogs were bred for a higher aggression level, but also selected for trainability and controllability.
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Rob Verdann, Afterdark Removalist
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These days, police dogs are even being fitted for titanium teeth on their canine incisors to protect their teeth.
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Astrid Schuhmann, Backpacker
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Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian or some other Slavic tongue.
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Thomas Owens, Police Officer
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Police dogs may under certain conditions be released to pursue and apprehend a fleeing suspect or to disable an armed and dangerous suspect.
Although police dogs are living beings, they are in reality no different from any lethal weapon police officers wield, says David Harris, a professor of law and values at the University of Toledo College of Law.
Police dogs have been injured in the line of duty and congress has recently made it a 5-year felony to harm a police animal.
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