SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992
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ECHOING MR LAMBURN'S VIEW, THE SECOND IN-CHARGE OF THE UNIT
AND HANDLERS ARE WONG HANG-TAI SATD: "THE PATROL WORK OF POLICE DOGS
AND DIVISION COMMANDERS APPRECIATED BY MORE AND MORE DISTRICT REQUEST FOR THEIR ATTACHMENT IN THEIR FORMATIONS.
WHO
WHAT WE CAN DO IS TO TRAIN "WE HAVE MORE DEMAND THAN SUPPLY.
WHICH MORE DOGS. BUT IN THE MEAN TIME, WE SEND THE DOGS TO DISTRICTS NEED THEM MOST.
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AND TRACKER
FULFILL A VARIETY MORE RECENTLY
APART FROM PATROLLING, POLICE DOGS HAVE TO
DETECTION, ROLES
DRUG INCLUDING EXPLOSIVES DETECTION.
OF
"THE NATURE OF OUR WORK IS MAINLY SUPPORTIVE, BUT AND DOG HANDLERS INVOLVED IN PATROLLING DUTIES ARE
INSPECTOR PING-YUK, SAID MR SITO THE FRONT LINE.' OPERATIONS OF THE UNIT.
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POLICE DOGS NOW STANDING IN IN CHARGE OF
THE INDISPENSABLE ROLE OF POLICE DOGS CAN BE APTLY BY A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES.
ILLUSTRATED
PUT
KONG EARLY IN THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 28, EMERGENCY UNIT, HONG
VEHICLE IN STUBBS ROAD. THREE ISLAND, STOPPED A SUSPECTED MISSING SUSPECTS ON BOARD THE VEHICLE MANAGED TO ESCAPE, AND ONE OF THEM
THE TRIO ESCAPED DOWN THE UP A STRUGGLE WITH A POLICE OFFICER. AND WOODED HILLSIDE ABOVE THE PARSEE AND HONG KONG CEMETERIES.
THE WOODLAND WAS THICK AND DARK AND WAS DANGEROUS FOR TO PROVIDE TO ENTER. A HELICOPTER WAS USED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO THE AREA.
THE TERRAIN AND BAD WEATHER PROMPTED THE OFFICER IN THE OPERATION TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM POLICE DOGS.
STEEP
OFFICERS LIGHTING
CHARGE OF
AND
LI FUNG-HUNG AND WONG DOG HANDLERS SENIOR POLICE CONSTABLES KAM-SHING, WITH THEIR TRACKER DOGS GIN AND DAN ATTENDED THE SCENE ASSISTED IN SEARCHING THE STEEP HILLSIDE.
DAN INDICATED TO HIS UNDERGROWTH. IT UNDER HIDDEN HIMSELF
AFTER 45 MINUTES OF SEARCH, POLICE DOG HANDLER THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF SOMEONE BENEATH THE
HAD SUSPECT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
VEGETATION.
FOUND
THAT A
THE SUSPECT TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER ARRESTED PERSON WITH SIX VEHICLE CRIME OFFENCES.
WAS CHARGED
IN A SEARCH, LASTING IN ANOTHER CASE, POLICE DOGS TOOK PART FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS, FOR SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS IN CHAI WAN.
BRAVO AND ALPHA, LED BY SERGEANTS CHOW KOK-MAN AND CHAN WAI-KI, DIFFICULT AND OFFICERS IN SEARCHING UNIT ASSISTED SPECIAL DUTIES
DOGS POLICE
WERE SENT TO DETECT AND AGAIN, DANGEROUS WOODLAND. ESTABLISH WHETHER SUSPECTS OR EVIDENCE WERE THERE.
DURING THE OPERATION FIREARMS AND PROPERTY WERE RECOVERED,
ITEMS OF SUSPECTED STOLEN
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