+ DOG: POLTGA

IN THE WAR on crime, policemen in
several cities are being given valuable assist-
ance by trained dogs. When some of the
Berkeley, Calif., patrolmen start their night
“beat” they are accompanied by alert Dober-
mann Pinschers schooled to help catch law-
breakers.

Training of the dogs is under supervision
of C. A. Roy, official “schoolmaster” of the
Berkeley police department’s dog force and
owner of the International Police Dog
Training School at Richmond, Calif. At
this school the dogs undergo 18 months of
training that equip them for trailing, pro-
tecting officers, facing gunfire, disarming
criminals, taking sticks or other weapons

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away, locating hidden persons, jumping
walls and other obstructions in chasing
criminals, guarding officer’s car when he is
away from it, guarding prisoners, warning
officers of the approach or change of direc-
tion of someone who is moving about, and
finally, among many other things, always
warning the ofhcer of impending danger.

In Berkeley the dogs are useful in the
widest variety of ways of any police de-
partment in the United States. For instance
they are used in the patrol cars, which is
an innovation in police work.

Stop THEATRE CRASHING

Chief of Police J. A. Greening, of
Berkeley, says: —

“In Berkeley we have the University of
California, and our dogs have completely
stopped theatre crashing by celebrators after
big football rallies. The crowds used to
force their way in without paying admis-
sion. We stationed four dogs at each lobby
entrance, with four policemen four paces
behind each dog. The crowd moved for-
ward, the dogs growled, bared their teeth

and advanced a step to meet them. Thoy
in front retreated and pushed those surging
from the rear into the street. We've hal
no trouble since the first few lessons of thy
kind.” 4
TRAINING IS IMPORTANT

An important work is training a dog jy
trailing by nose. Once the dog has become
proficient in the country he is brought tp
the city and given experience in trailing op
crowded streets, through the multitude of
scents which he will encounter.

Quite often police departments in other
Californian cities call on the Berkeley &
partment for help with their dogs. Recently

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