Even as the nation was mourning its martyrs in the dastardly Mumbai attacks of 26/11, dogs found themselves, willy-nilly, the subject of hospitality debates – houses to visit and not to visit. And this, when a little over a month
back, the Kerala Police Academy had demonstrated a better way to avail the services of canines in terror situations.
On October 19, twelve dogs in coloured attire marched through the amphitheatre of the Police Academy at Thrissur, Kerala, for their Passing Out Parade. The new battalion saluted the guest of honour, Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Annie, the Labrador, proved her obedience and training by welcoming the minister with a bouquet of flowers. Canines can be made to play a key role in detecting and thwarting the evil designs of criminals, by sniffing and tracking. They warn about and expose planted explosives, IEDs and weapon caches, espy drugs, and also track down victims trapped under debris in natural calamities. With such abilities, they are best utilised by the Police, Railways Protection Force, airports and Defence Forces.
In the early days, there was no systematic training for canines in crime detection. The success of crime detection with the help of canines depended on the breed of the dogs. Later, the dogs and their handlers were trained at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh, the first dog training school in India. But owing to the high costs involved, apart from the language and climate impediments to training, the Kerala Police Academy at Thrissur took it as a challenge to train dogs to give more teeth to counter crime and terror in the state.....Continue
back, the Kerala Police Academy had demonstrated a better way to avail the services of canines in terror situations.On October 19, twelve dogs in coloured attire marched through the amphitheatre of the Police Academy at Thrissur, Kerala, for their Passing Out Parade. The new battalion saluted the guest of honour, Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Annie, the Labrador, proved her obedience and training by welcoming the minister with a bouquet of flowers. Canines can be made to play a key role in detecting and thwarting the evil designs of criminals, by sniffing and tracking. They warn about and expose planted explosives, IEDs and weapon caches, espy drugs, and also track down victims trapped under debris in natural calamities. With such abilities, they are best utilised by the Police, Railways Protection Force, airports and Defence Forces.
In the early days, there was no systematic training for canines in crime detection. The success of crime detection with the help of canines depended on the breed of the dogs. Later, the dogs and their handlers were trained at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh, the first dog training school in India. But owing to the high costs involved, apart from the language and climate impediments to training, the Kerala Police Academy at Thrissur took it as a challenge to train dogs to give more teeth to counter crime and terror in the state.....Continue
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