By the following year, Ghent Belgium had employed 30 dogs; by 1906 the word of how useful these k-9 units spread throughout Europe. Two years later multiple U.S.A police forces employed this skillful dogs. After the first couple of years of enrollment of police dogs the interest level drop until the 1950’s. From 1952 to 1954 there where zero K-9 dogs in Americas police force. Fortunately, Americas police force reintroduced police dogs and the numbers soared as of today statistics there are more than 3000 law enforcement K-9 units across the …show more content…
In the selection of a K-9 dog is a thoughtful drawn out process. Many hours of studying the dog personality and drive and thought of. The handlers get to personal pick there K-9 companies, they need to be sure that the dog personality is a perfect fit for them “ K-9 training begins at around age one after the dog has learned some of the basic obedience and has sufficiently matured physically and emotionally.( Warrell Oct. 2016) Potential k-9’s are carefully evaluated on their drive and performance when performing certain tasks. (Warrell Oct. 2016 ) ” After the dog passes the evaluation it is then put through a 10-16 week training course where it is taught how to perform as a successful police dog. They are put to task that they we find everyday in the field, some of theses task could include tracking, searching,detecting such items as drugs or explosives and assisting in the apprehension and arrest of crumble suspects. ( Warrell Oct.2016 One of the most important aspects of theses dogs are there noises. During the 10-16 week training they are trained to find drugs through the sense of smell. During the training( Warrell Oct. 2016) “Police dog trainer Jan Ballard assembles packets marked “ Marijuana cocaine and meth, You have to train them on the real stuff.” they also use real life training activities, for example “ 18 month old dog, leashed by his handler, officer Troy Dennison, bounds into the church classrooms where Ballard has hidden