Dogs Are
Part of Safety
In memory of my lovely dog my Golden Retriever
Fergie who dead few days ago.
This article is very interesting to read. I’m a very passionate about dogs, and is very
true what this officer said about dogs “To
a police officer, the dog is his partner,” dogs are part of the family, so it
appears that dogs have become such an important part of the family In America,
dogs are remarkable animals because they are uniquely sensitive to the cultural
attributes of the people with whom they live.
Not only are dogs a product of culture, but
they also participate in the cultures of human.
The dog is part of safety. They are used in
airports to fight safety concerns too.
Miami’s police dogs to get more protection with
bulletproof vests
Police officers accompanied by their K-9
companions wearing Pet Armor protective vests
They serve in some of Miami’s most dangerous
missions, but only two of the city’s 18 K-9 officers wear protective vests.
That soon will change when most of the police
dogs in the city’s K-9 unit will get bulletproof vests, donated by Pet Armor
and the nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K-9s. Each vest costs
approximately $1,000.
So far this year, seven police dogs have died
in action around the country — none from Florida. In 2013, three Florida dogs
were among the 18 nationwide that died. They were from Miami Gardens, the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Leon County.
“To a police officer, the dog is his partner,”
said Sgt. Freddie Cruz, Miami police spokesman. “He trains him and takes him
home every day.”
Losing a dog “is like losing a family member,”
Cruz said. The most common causes of death are overheating, shootings or
stabbings. The last dog to die in action in Miami was Atlas, partner to officer
Wayne Cooper, in 2000.
This year, the company Pet Armor has donated
money to departments around the country to buy bulletproof vests for police
dogs.
Miami uses trained police dogs to detect
narcotics, explosives and currency.
“They are used in airports to fight drug
trafficking and money laundering,” said Sgt. Garret Wing, a K-9 supervisor. “We
have recently developed a ‘dog weapon,’ whose specialty is to find hidden
firearms and cartridge shells at shooting and murder scenes.”
A patrol dog specializes in “dissuading crime
simply by his presence,” Cruz said. The animals can locate and detain suspects.
“They are good in armed robbery or assaults;
when a suspect enters a house; and when there is suspicion that there are drugs
in a house, the dogs walks around it,” Cruz said. “We don’t use a dog for a
misdemeanor or when there is a minor involved.”
Most of the police dogs are German shepherds
and Belgian Malinois. They come from Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.
“They come already trained in a special
academy,” Cruz said
They begin patrol when they finish a six-month
training in a canine patrol, Wing added.
They can patrol for six to eight years. Some
dogs need vests; others don’t. Temperature and the nature of the emergency call
determine whether a dog should wear a bulletproof vest.
“The heat and the search in more dangerous
places or when it is known that the criminals are armed make it more likely to
use the bulletproof vest,” Wing said. Until now, the unit only had two vests.
K-9s work the same number of hours as a police
officer. “We work 10 hours a day,” Cruz said. The dogs have two hours of daily
training and are ready to patrol with officers the rest of the day.
Twelve four-legged K-9 officers — Tango, Onyx,
Rambo, Bolt, Boss, Dash, Dino, Falco, Flash, Kane, Red and Rocket — will soon
receive bulletproof vests. They will receive special training to get used to
the new equipment.
“Part of their formation is to make them
comfortable and familiar with different types of equipment,” Wing said.
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