An adorable police dog in training has joined part of the Aire Valley force for the day.
Sergeant Terri Green, who covers the Baildon, Bingley and Bingley Rural beat, unveiled new recruit, Chester, a Cocker Spaniel who will learn the ropes through a ‘praise and reward’ system.
The West Yorkshire Police Dog Section is based in Wakefield.
The four legged colleagues are split between General Purpose Dogs and Specialist Support.
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General Purpose dogs, typically German Shepherds and Mallinios, trained to perform many tasks from missing person and property searches to criminal work.
The force’s specialist dogs, either Spaniels or Labradors, are trained to find explosives, money, drugs and firearms.
Basic training begins around 12 and 18 months. In order to be considered, the dogs must be social, have high drive and want to play with a ball or similar object.
Specialist dogs can work for 10-12 years.
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