Puppy Watch - Webcam
Strathclyde Police force has six new recruits.
The six puppies, born on the 25th of June can be monitored by the public as officers have installed a camera in their kennels, which will broadcast live from the dog unit which is based at Pollock Park.
The site which is said to be the first the first in the UK will update every 15 minutes, so that the public can monitor the progress of the new recruits.
Insp Alan Davis, of the Scottish Police Dog Training Centre said ” Strathclyde Police runs a unique in-house dog breeding programme and whilst this litter is the sixth to be produced since the initiative began in 2002, the new pups are the first litter of specialist search dogs to be born”
He went on to say “Of the 35 puppies born into the programme so far, 25 have gone on to become fully fledged police dogs working throughout the force area. I believe that this is the first time a UK force has taken on a web cam project and I hope that it will be as successful and draw as many hits, if not more, than the popular ‘name the puppy’ competition we have run over the last three years.
Cocker Spaniels are used in specialist areas such as drugs, explosives, weapons or cash detection and victim recovery work.
To check out the site yourself click here.
March 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
The ratio of 25 puppies that are full fledge police dogs out of 35 is incredible - very rarely seen. That goes to excellent training and breeding programs.