In many countries, the intentional injuring or killing of a police dog is a criminal offense. Police Departments require a dog to first pass basic obedience training. The dogs must be able to respond to and obey the commands of their handler without hesitation for proper control.
There are two common classifications of police K-9s:. Patrol : These dogs are used to provide patrol duties officer protection, suspect apprehension, area or building clearance, and security in sensitive or controlled areas.
Detection : These dogs are used to find either narcotics OR explosives. Since its inception the unit has continued to expand to one on each shift to provide the best possible coverage. The Taylor Police Department currently has three K-9 units.
For this reason, they are especially suited to the detection of narcotics. The dogs are trained to locate heroin, crack cocaine, cocaine, and marijuana. The dogs scratch at the location when they locate any of the controlled substance. They can locate small amounts as well as large amounts of narcotics.
When the team locates narcotics, they can in most incidents, confiscate for forfeiture money, cars, and other valuables which are deemed proceeds from drug dealing. This money is used to further advance narcotic enforcement. They can be used in two situations. Sometimes the team finds articles dropped by the criminal or establishes other investigative leads that can assist the detectives in their investigation. The canine team can also be used to locate lost children or adults.
Building searches are usually done when there is a burglar alarm, a building door is found open, or a window is found broken possibly from a person who broke into the building with the intent to steal property located in the building. It is dangerous for a police officer to search a building. For example, the local K-9 units have the handler carry a transmitter which can remotely release the dog from their van. They do "live training" demos of this at some of the local fairs, showing how quickly the dog can be out of the van and assisting.
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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why does the police use "K-9 Unit" instead of "dog"? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 2 months ago.
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Dan Dascalescu Dan Dascalescu 1, 3 3 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. You have to use something. You could say "police dog", or you could say "canine unit", or you could say "doggy-doggy goo-goo", or a million other things, and so can everyone else, and then we all have to agree on which term is the universally accepted one.
That is just how language works. If they used "police dog", you'd be asking the exact opposite question now. You have to use some term that works, and "canine unit" is a term that works, and that is all there is to it.
Plus I think it's shorter and more readily comprehended when printed in large letters on the sides of police vehicles. By that logic we should be using the weirdest synonyms instead of common words all the time.
Have I asked why a "dog" is a man's best friend, and not a "K-9 unit"? What is behind the question, and what the question does not fully spell out is that K-9 seems to be deliberately obfuscating. Somebody who sees K-9 for the first time is bound to wonder what it means and to presume that there is also K-1, K Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1.
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