NG3 March/April 2021

YOUR LOCAL
BEAT TEAMS
CARLTON & PORCHESTER
Neighbourhood Policing Insp.
Inspector Chris Pearson
Neighbourhood Policing Sgt
Sgt 3823 Rebecca O’Connor
Team no: 101 Ext: 318 9722
PC 2139 Catherine Flint
Phone: 101 Ext: 310 2139
PCSO 4701 Lucy Smith
Phone: 101 Ext: 310 4701
PCSO 4741 Keith Crowhurst
Phone: 101 Ext: 310 4741
MAPPERLEY & WELLS
Neighbourhood Policing Insp.
Inspector James Walker
Neighbourhood Policing Sgt
Sgt 2112 Paul Ferguson
Team no: 101 Ext: 318 0950
PC 2744 Brian Dacunha
Phone: 07792 437358
PCSO 7404 Stuart Webb
Phone: 07595 074162
PCSO 4943 James Hrycaj
Phone: 07788 038759
PCSO 4518 Casey Ellis
CPO 4240 David Aitken
Ext: 318 0950
Find your Safer Neighbourhoods
team by entering your postcode
on the homepage of
www.nottinghamshire.police.uk
Top Dogs: Meet Notts Police K9 Unit
A police dog’s sniffer senses and
determination mean they can hunt
down suspects when they might have
otherwise escaped, and uncover illicit
items when they’re hidden. It’s a wellknown
saying that dogs are man’s best
friend, but when it comes to policing,
they are also invaluable work colleagues
too.
There are two types of dog which you
can find in policing; search dogs, or
‘sniffer dogs’, who sniff out suspicious
items and general purpose dogs, who
chase and detain suspects. All have
been highly trained and have gone
through various assessments and
training courses to ensure they are
suited to the role.
Police dogs are cared for by their
dedicated handlers. Handlers have to
ensure they have sufficient space and
a kennel for their dogs at their family
homes and their canine colleagues
travel to and from work with them each
day, where among training and other
exercise they are ready to be called to
an incident at a moment’s notice.
As well as being ready for urgent
call-outs, the dogs are also involved in
a number of pre-planned operations
and patrols, and support various
other departments in force with their
important police work including finding
missing people.
Nottinghamshire Police’s Dog Section
have also welcomed seven new
handlers in the last year, bringing new
dogs with them. We would like to
introduce you to some of the brightest
members of the pack:
PD Quantum is one
brave police dog,
and has had an
eventful career with
the force, bouncing
back from injury a
number of times.
Whilst successfully
chasing two violent
burglars in Top Valley during March
2018, the now five-year-old Belgian
Malinois and German Shepherd cross
received stab injuries to his face.
However, this hasn’t stopped him and
he can most recently be found on the
latest season of TV documentary Police
Interceptors with his handler PC Jen
Ellse, where among many successes he
was able to pick up a scent after finding
a ditched car in Broxtowe Estate and
tracked down two suspects who were
hiding in a nearby garden.
PD Cooper joined
Nottinghamshire
Police after his
family got in touch
feeling that he
needed more of
a challenge, and
that he was simply
too energetic in
his usual family home setting despite
getting a couple of hours of exercise a
day. He passed his course and joined
the force officially in February 2020,
where he also joined the family of PC
Jen Ellse and PD Quantum.
Cooper is a ‘sniffer’ dog and has been
trained to search for a wide range of
drugs, cash and firearms. He’s shown
great success as a ‘sniffer’ dog, and
during one particular job he helped
uncover £3,000 in cash which was well
hidden in between a radiator.