List of police dog breeds
- List of police dog breeds
The following is a list of dog breeds that are or have been used as aides on police forces. There are different jobs a police dog can do: public order enforcement, illict substance detection, tracking, and cadaver searching. Note that some police forces only use one breed of dog for every one of these tasks, such as German Shepherds, rather than using one breed for tracking and another for illegal substance detection.
Public Order Enforcement Dogs
The job these dogs hold is to chase after a fleeing suspect and hold it for officers, or detain suspects from some action by threat of the dog being released. This is the traditional image of a police dog.
*Akita Inu
*American Pit Bull Terrier/American Staffordshire Terrier
*Belgian Shepherd Malinois
*Doberman Pinscher
*Dutch Shepherd Dog
*German Shepherd Dog
*Rottweiler
Illict Substance Detection Dogs
These dogs sit with their handlers in airports, sniffing the passengers from afar for illegal substances a person may carry in their luggage or carry-ons, most commonly drugs, or explosives.
*Beagle
*Basset Hound
*Foxhound
*Labrador Retriever
Tracking Dogs
These dogs are used for sniffing the trails of lost or missing persons or objects.
*Bloodhound
*Coonhound
Cadaver Sniffing Dogs
These dogs are trained to detect the odor of decomposing bodies in order to find corpses and human remains. Their noses are so sensitive, they can even smell a body from under running water.
*Beagle
*Bloodhound
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