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SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1992

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MR)

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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