Date:29/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/29/stories/2007112960950400.htm

Tamil Nadu - Coimbatore

Canine sleuths finish training

Staff Reporter

Training includes obedience drills, crime tracking and explosives sniffing

— Photo: K. Ananthan

SET FOR ACTION: Commissioner of Police C.K.Gandhirajan presenting a memento to a police dog handler at the conclusion of training for tracker and sniffer dogs of the various police units at Coimbatore City Police Kennel on Wednesday.

Coimbatore: Eight sniffer and tracker dogs of various police units across the zone completed 15-day crash refresher training course. City Police Commissioner C.K. Gandhirajan handed over mementoes to the dog handlers and took the salute from the canine sleuths on completion of training.

In the last fifteen days since November 13, the City Police Dog Squad designated as one of the kennel training centres for the Tamil Nadu Police, has been imparting a training to the second batch of the canine sleuths.

The training included obedience drills, crime tracking and explosives sniffing. The training imparted by a team led by Sub-Inspector K. Manian also included theory classes for the 16 handlers. The sleuths belonged to the German Sheppard, Labrador and Doberman breeds of dogs.

The City Police had already trained pups for the various police units besides conducting in-service refresher training for 13 canine sleuths in the first batch. Eight more dogs completed their training in the second batch.