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kennels first thing in the morning, grooming
the dogs and training them. Each handler
is then allocated a specific task - either
patrol or search duties. Patrols at yacht
marinas, rough pub areas and crowd
control at soccer grounds are performed
by handlers with criminal work dogs, and
they also had to cope with a minor prison
riot a few months back.
Drug dogs perform daily searches at the
airport on incoming luggage as well as
checking incoming mail at the General
Post Office. They carry out searches at
private homes and other premises or upon
suspects arrested by the Vice Squad. We
have had some successful drug finds at
the airport as well as other incidents.
I handle an explosive and firearm
detection dog and perform random
searches on departing luggage at the
airport before it is loaded onto the planes.
We handle any bomb threats-luckily, up
until now they have all been hoaxes, and
recently I had to organise a search for
arms after a brutal shoot-out. When Malta
is visited by VIPs it is up to these dogs to
check out each and every place for
explosives. You can imagine how hectic
this can be with only two dogs available!
Our thanks to John Giusti of the Maltese
Police Dog Section for his interesting
article.
Service Dog of the
Year competition
The Service Dog of the Year
Competition will be held once again
in conjunction with the Royal Show,
Stoneleigh , Warwickshire on
Monday 4 July 1994.
Full details will be sent out by our
secretary Steve Allen to all
members including details of
subsidised entry to the show for all
our members. Let's see you there
this year.
Service Dog 9