A 16-month-old black Labrador was rescued from a shelter by the local police department. Instead of going to an expensive breeder the Chicago Police Department decided to give a rescue dog a chance at life and a new career.
The dog, Pantera, is now working in the organized crime division. Here are the details from the Chicago Tribune.
Officer Steve Martinez visited the Chicago Ridge Animal Welfare League at least four times before picking Pantera based on the dog’s “high degree of maturity and strong drive.” After extensive training in various drug detection techniques, Pantera became an official police dog, the youngest certified narcotics detection canine in city history.
Since joining the force, Pantera has recovered evidence and assisted in search warrant executions with the narcotics section, the department said.
This is such good news, and shows what great dogs you can adopt from the shelter. The Animal Welfare League, where Pantera had been dropped off, hopes the police department continues to adopt from shelters. I hope so too, it sets a great example and maybe departments around the country will follow suit.
This Judge has four legs, he’s a police dog with the Winnipeg police force. On September 26th Judge and his human partner, Constable Scott Taylor, had a night that most in the force can only dream of. They had an unprecedented six arrests in one evening!
Shortly before midnight on Sept. 26, Const. Scott Taylor and police dog Judge, who have worked together since 2004, tracked down and arrested two suspects in a strong-arm robbery in the North End, and recovered the victim’s property.
I always knew dogs had an incredible sense of smell, but did you know they can smell 100,000 times better than humans? Or that dogs can smell things up to 40 feet underground?
There’s an article from the Animal Health Care Center newsletter about a dog’s sense of smell, it contains some very informative information.
Here are six interesting facts, how many did you know?
1. The USDA uses Jack Russell Terriers to detect brown tree snakes hidden on cargo being loaded on planes in Guam.
2. The US Customs and Border Protection has 800 canine teams which look for explosives, drugs, concealed people, and even hidden currency.
3. Dogs check international travelers at borders and airports for agricultural contraband and find 75,000 items a year.
Every day, day after day, I report on the millions of unwanted dogs that are put down in this country. Today I read about a new breed, a cross between a Belgian Malinois and a Siberian Husky to be called a Huskinois.
Whether you agree with buying a purebred or not, nothing is ever going to change because there will always be people who want to purchase a certain breed. I get that, and hopefully the dog is purchased from a reputable breeder.
What I have issue with is that there are breeders looking to come up with new breeds. Do we really need another breed? Aren’t there enough to choose from? What about all the purebreds that are now showing up in shelters, is the Huskinois going to eventually end up in the same place?
Mr Debenham, who co-owns DK9 Security Services in Ipswich, Suffolk, with his father Anthony, said the puppy was born late on Sunday last week. “People have been trying to breed the two dogs for years but for some reason they would not breed and the pups died hours after they were born,” said Mr Debenham. Read the rest of this entry »
Fasco, a military police dog, is taking the plunge with his handler Sgt. Chris Lalonde and a trained skydiver. According to the Metro.co.uk the hound plummeted 3,800m (12,500ft) during the descent, reaching speeds of 193kph (120mph). Sgt. Lalonde said Fasco enjoys every minute.
This was the pup’s second jump, his handler claims he enjoys it, although if you’re attached to someone about to jump out of a plane I don’t see as you have much choice but to go with them.
The police department in Zanesville, Ohio continue to get donations pouring in for the care of their police dog Bosco who was shot and left paralyzed. On August 23rd Bosco and his partner Officer Mike Schiele were attempting to serve two warrants on Dominick Conley, in the process both were shot and wounded.
Schiele is now recovering at home but Bosco who took two shots, one to the neck the other in the chest, is at the Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital in Columbus. Bosco is fighting to regain the use of his legs, he’s making daily strides. He just started standing on his front legs for a bit and is working on trying to stand on his back legs.
In keeping with our police dog theme of the day, here’s a story with a twist. A man got himself arrested for barking at a police dog in Three Rivers, Michigan.
The Three Rivers Police Department said officers responded Monday evening to an apartment complex to investigate a suspicious situation.
Police said Wednesday in a statement a 26-year-old man in the area “began to torment” a police dog inside the patrol car by barking and shouting at it, causing the animal to become excited and “very aggressive.”
The man was arrested and later released on bond. He faces a charge of disorderly conduct.
I’m thinking perhaps some drugs or alcohol may have been involved in this incident. Just a guess.
Police dogs put their lives on the line everyday to help serve and protect. In return they do not always get the recognition and respect they deserve, especially when retired. One such dog is Cee, a police dog who has worked with Sgt. Eddie Rodrique III for the last 10 years.
Cee is about to retire and would normally be sent to the Lafourche jail to live out his golden years. Rodrique can’t bear for this to happen and has appealed to the town to let him adopt the dog. On Tuesday the city council will decide whether to allow him to buy Cee for $1. I will be appalled if the answer is not yes.
I was just reading an article about British police dogs and a new plan to help ensure their golden years are happy ones.
It’s easy to forget the contributions that police dogs provide for their handlers, but police across the pond in Cambridgeshire, UK, have devised a plan to ensure that their police dogs are taken care of. Read the rest of this entry »
A dog handler in Texas who uses scent to identify suspects in crimes has been named in two lawsuits.
In one case Calvin Lee Miller filed after being misidentified by Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Deputy Keith Pikett in a robbery case. Pikett is the only dog handler in Texas who uses this technique and defense attorneys argue it is not a precise science.
The suits against Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Deputy Keith Pikett were filed by Calvin Lee Miller, who spent 62 days in jail for robbery and sexual assault before being cleared, and a former Victoria County Sheriff’s captain who became a murder suspect before another man pleaded guilty in the case.
Pikett’s work figured in both cases, the Victoria Advocate reported Sunday. For example: In the case involving Miller, a swab from Miller and the scent from the assault victim’s sheets were sent to Pikett, whose three bloodhounds indicated Miller’s scent was on the sheets.
No laws or regulations govern scent lineups, but they’re admissible in courts across the nation. Only tighter oversight can keep shoddy scent IDs from becoming key evidence, a growing number of critics say.
“This is junk science. This isn’t even science. This is just junk,” said Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel for the Innocence Project of Texas. The group works to free wrongfully convicted inmates and recently started to investigate Pikett.
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I always knew dogs had an incredible sense of smell, but did you know they can smell 100,000 times better than humans? Or that dogs can smell things up to 40 feet underground?
