New police dog recruits out to collar the criminals
FOUR new dogs and their handlers have been welcomed into Humberside Police’s dog section unit having gone through 13 weeks of training. The four new furry additions to the team will be used for searching and tracking down suspects and missing people, locating objects involved in criminal incidents, detaining suspects, disarming suspects carrying weapons and public order situations such as crowd control.
PC Mick Tune joins the team with PD Quinta, an almost three-year-old Belgian Malinois. He said: “When I suffered an injury to a tendon in my knee earlier this year which disrupted our training, Quinta is what got me through it because of the strong bond we’d built.”
Having spent the first three years of his policing career working in Patrol, PC Kirk Pickering recently moved into his dream job within the dog section with PD Roos.
He said: “We’ve already had some success, especially when it comes to tracking people down. Recently, Roos managed to apprehend two people in some woodland suspected of a local motorbike theft.” PC Rob James has 15 years’ service in Humberside and is no stranger to the Special Operations Unit, originally joining the Roads Policing Team in 2009.
He now joins 18-month-old Belgian Malinois German
Shepherd cross, Turbo, helping with calls for service from across the area.
He said: “Turbo and I already have a great relationship, we’re still learning each other but he’s really hardworking, affectionate and knows when it’s time to get serious at work.” Finally, PC Andy Reid has always wanted to join the dog section, having previously served almost four years in Scunthorpe patrol.
His dog, Chevy, is the youngest within the team at 16-months-old and is a Belgian Malinois.
He said: “She’s the youngest dog we have, but that has meant she’s full of energy, ready to get stuck in.”