BCH Police Dogs

It may have cooled down slightly today, but we, like the @metpoliceuk take great care in keeping our dogs cool during the hot weather🐾 ✅Air conditioning ✅Plenty of water ✅Shaded parking ✅Insulated kennels ❌No training in extreme heat instagram.com/reel/DLaIooBIS…

We had a great day showcasing the Dog Unit and other specialisms at @DenbighHigh last week. It was great to talk about what the teams do, to help protect our community 🐶

Last night, PD Xena and her handler were dispatched to reports of a stabbing in Flitwick Bedfordshire. The suspect fled the scene on foot and Xena tracked from the last sighting to their location leading to #OneInCustody for attempted murder. Great work by PD Xena!

instagram.com/reel/DMNeOFzIm… A number of our handlers and dogs took part in this large operation on Wednesday.

Twice in one night for PD Cleo. With a vehicle FTS for police and a decamp in Luton, PD Cleo has tracked from the vehicle along a road and into a wooded area to find 2 males trying to pretend they were trees. PD Cleo was on their tail and found them, 2 Arrested 🚓🐕🐾

PD Cleo and handler @Bchdogunit assisted the @Met in locating a male in Radlett that had made off and tried to play hide and seek under someone’s car after he had decamped from his. PD Cleo 1, Suspect 0. 🐕🚔🐾

Last night, PD Boz and his handler were hot on the heels of a person who ran from a stolen vehicle. They thought that hiding in the woods 30ft up a tree would save them from capture. **Spoiler alert** - it didn't. #TheNoseKnows

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facebook.com/share/v/1FxUH5… Great job from PD Clifford.

PD Hector was at it again, this time assisting in locating 2 vulnerable people that run away in Cambridgeshire. PD Hector had tracked them from the last sighting and found them in a very rural area. With the help of local cops they were taken to get the medical help they needed.

PD Hector arrived at a single vehicle RTC where 2 males make off from scene. PD Hector put his nose into action and tracked across fields, near to train tracks and into a swamp nearly waist height. The 2 males thought they could hide from PD Hector. 1-0 to PD Hector. 🐕💥

We hosted the Region Trials last week. It was a fantastic event. Congrats to all the teams who took part and well done to PC Nik Lofthouse and PD Adam who won overall 🏆 🐾

Team D South This vehicle failed to stop for @NorfolkPolice this afternoon. It travelled into @HertsPolice area where it again didn’t want to stop and drove dangerously! Turns out it was stolen 2 days ago. With the help of @NPAShq & @BCHPoliceDogs 2 x Arrested! •411250 et al

PD Cleo assisted officers in #Luton @bedspolice last night after 2 males made off from police and discarded a weapon. PD Cleo put her nose into action and located the discarded weapon. 1 Male arrested for Offensive Weapon. 🔪👮🏻‍♀️🐕🐾

Last night PD Cleo assisted with a pursuit of a high risk offender who decamped in Hitchin. After assisting with an area search the suspect has managed to get out of the containment and try and out run Cleo which didn't go well for him. Male was arrested for several offences.

Pd Cleo attended Watford on report of a fight between a number of males. She carried out a property search in the area where she located a kitchen knife in a front garden. A number of arrests were made.

Congratulations to our newest Firearms Support Dog who along with his handler completed an intensive course with Derbyshire Constabulary. PD Armour with handler PC Bond will be out supporting our Armed Policing Unit in addition to their normal duties.

TPD Xena is on her Initial course learning how to indicate on discarded property - a vital skill to allow our dogs to locate crucial evidence. You can see her freeze and stare when she has found the scent, patiently waiting for her reward. Great job Xena.

Join us in wishing these teams well. We have five new police dogs in training. We will let you know how TPDs Annie, Hector, Xena, Shadow and Mac and their handlers are getting on in the coming weeks on their General Purpose Initial Course.

In the early hours PD Armour was deployed to a concern for welfare for a person. They tracked in difficult muddy, wet and windy conditions and located the person safe and well. Him and his handler then enjoyed an unplanned NYD swim. #notjustcrime