Police Officer's Guide to K9 Searches

Dogs do not have to find what they start out searching for in order to be valuable. Good investigators use the information they provide to add to the pieces of the puzzle they must solve. Some of the main advantages to K9 searches are the following: First, dogs are eager to work regardless of the time. Second, dogs make no assumptions regarding where things or people "can't be" – something human personnel are famous for. Third, dogs are not worried about getting their uniform dirty or torn. Fourth, dogs are not discouraged by difficult terrain. Fifth, dogs do not have to see things to find them. Their noses give them the ability to search areas they cannot see into. Lastly, when searching for fleeing suspects, they put so much mental pressure on the suspect that he will often make a mistake which makes it easier for someone else to catch him even when the dog does not make contact with him. K9s offer so many advantages that unless there are strong reasons for not using them, officers should always call for dogs when they have a search which is appropriate for them. K9s are trained for different purposes. For example, searching for a human, the tracking of trailing dog is needed, to search of human where there is no source of track, an area search dog is needed, for searching for a human in a building, a building search dog is needed, searching for objects touched by a human, evidence recovery dog is needed, searching for remains of deceased humans, a human remains detection dog is need, searching for explosives, an explosive detection dog is needed. Year: Binding: paperback Pages: 60