I do not mean scent search, I mean patrol. Being not familiar with this area I realised I have a very tentative grip on what it is that a K-9 patrol team would do in the US. I never saw dogs on patrol in over 10 years of living stateside. I saw them at sporting events, but probably those were more for explosives scenting. How does it work over here? What's a typical day on duty is like for a K-9 team?
Originally posted by Alex Artemenko: I do not mean scent search, I mean patrol. Being not familiar with this area I realised I have a very tentative grip on what it is that a K-9 patrol team would do in the US. I never saw dogs on patrol in over 10 years of living stateside. I saw them at sporting events, but probably those were more for explosives scenting. How does it work over here? What's a typical day on duty is like for a K-9 team? That entirely depends on your jurisdiction.
One thing that is fairly consistant is that the K-9 Teams work at night.
Maybe that's why you saw none?
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Well, Alex, that is an interesting observation, anD I must say, that even w/ Kevin adding that they mostly work at night, I cannot recall ever seeing a k9 patrol either. And I lived in The Bronx most of my life, with plenty of night life!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> So, is this due to the extremely limited numbers of actual k9 units? And are they only deployed for an actuall problem as opposed to routine patrols?( aka, walking the beat?)Please excuse my laymans terminology <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
No one ever said life was supposed to be easy, life is what you make of it!!
Where you live must have something to do with it. I see lots of them in Minnesota. The cars are marked, and I like looking in when I go past. They are with officers who patrole and do what other officers do. I am sure they are called upon in situations also. But when I see them they are driving as usual.
as for what they do..I am sure they sniff drugs, protect the officer as they stop someone, and do all the things K-9's do everywhere.
As Kevin stated, it depends upon your jurisdiction. Typically, the on duty ratio of Patrol Officers to Canine Units is anywhere from 10-1 to 100-1 or more, and they often are required to "float" and cross zones / sectors rather than be assigned to a single one. Like everyone else, they have to train, do #%&*!! paperwork, and have some sort of "other" life, so they can't often hang out in the best parts of town. Believe me, you would not want to live in the parts where you can see them every night!
At one time, I understand that L.A.P.D. with 8000-9000 officers (not all in Patrol, and not, obviously, all on duty at the same time) had something like 16-20 Canine Units for Patrol work. This kind of (extreme) ratio means the dogs go on only the most serious of calls.
Ditto for the night work. That's when the cockroaches come out!
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