SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1989
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POLICE DOG TRAINER COMPLETES OVERSEAS ATTACHMENT
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SERGEANT CHAN MAN-WING, CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AT THE FORCE DOG UNIT, HAS JUST FINISHED AN INSTRUCTIONAL ATTACHMENT AT THE POLICE DOG TRAINING SCHOOL OF SOUTH WALES CONSTABULARY AT BRIDGEND, GLAMORGAN.
HIS FIRST OVERSEAS TRAINING COURSE GAVE SERGEANT CHAN VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE TRAINING OF FORCE DOGS.
"THE COURSE WAS PRACTICAL MORE THAN THEORETICAL," SERGEANT CHAN SAID. "I WAS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO A DOG SECTION AND GAINED A GOOD INSIGHT INTO HOW DOGS ARE TRAINED AND WORKED.
"FOR TWO WEEKS I JOINED LOCAL DOG HANDLERS ON A REFRESHER COURSE, TRAINING DOGS IN OBEDIENCE, PATROL WORK, SEARCHING AND
ATTACK.
"I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO WHICH WAS NEW TO ME.
TRAIN DOGS IN DETECTING
EXPLOSIVES,
"DOGS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO SMELL DYNAMITE AND DOG HANDLERS ARE TRAINED HOW TO CONTROL DOGS IN AVOIDING DANGER ONCE EXPLOSIVES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.
"ANOTHER DIFFERENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THAT DOGS GO TO WORK IN PATROL CARS WHILE IN HONG KONG THEY ACCOMPANY THEIR HANDLERS ON FOOT.
"FOR EXPLOSIVES SEARCHING EXERCISES WE WENT ΤΟ THE AIRPORT, BOARDED PLANES, PATROLLED FACTORIES, CAR PARKS AND OTHER VENUES WHERE LARGE CROWDS CONVERGED.
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SERGEANT CHAN WORKED WITH A DOG SECTION ON CAR PATROL ΤΟ PERFORM CROWD CONTROL DUTIES IN RUGBY MATCHES AND OTHER SPORTS EVENTS.
BESIDES LEARNING, HE ALSO HAD TO TAKE UP INSTRUCTION WORK.
UNDER THE OBSERVATION AND ASSISTANCE OF A CHIEF INSTRUCTOR, SERGEANT CHAN TOOK OVER THE RUNNING OF A BASIC COURSE FOR DOG HANDLERS IN PRISONS.
"SIX DOG HANDLERS WERE UNDER MY INSTRUCTION, SOME OF THEM WERE NEW. I MADE USE OF THE EXPERIENCE I GAINED IN HONG KONG TO TEACH THEM. THEY ALL LISTENED HAPPILY AND WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT MY INSTRUCTIONS.
"DOGS ATTACHED TO PRISONS NEED NOT PERFORM TRACKING, SO THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING WAS LAID ON OBEDIENCE, SEARCH OF PROPERTIES, CRIMINAL WORK AND TRACE ATTACK.
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BY COMPARISON, SERGEANT CHAN SAID ENGLAND HAD A BETTER CLIMATE, FACILITIES AND TRAINING GROUNDS THAN HONG KONG FOR DOG TRAINING.
"THEY CAN TRAIN DOGS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR, WHILE IN HONG KONG WE HAVE TO STOP TRAINING FOR CERTAIN PERIODS BECAUSE
THE WEATHER IS TOO HOT.
"ALTHOUGH SOME
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