Police dogs demonstrate practical combat skills Correspondent Pang Shuyin photo
Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhang Luyao
"Search!" Under the order of the police, a police dog entered the "crime scene". This is a Springer spaniel with brown flowers on a white background, and a professional search dog. Upon entering the scene, it immediately enters working mode, with a sensitive nose sniffing unceasingly. In less than a minute, it crouched down at a low cabinet to give a warning. The referee opened the cabinet and took out a packet of black explosive powder.
This scene occurred at the final site of the first Guangdong Public Security Criminal Technology Vocational Skills Competition Police Dog Practical Combat Skills Project, which was held from December 7 to 9. The participants in this project are "police dog soldiers" from all over the province. A total of 21 police officers from the technical departments of public security organs listed at all levels in the province participated in the competition for explosives with 21 police dogs.
Yang Wuyou, captain of the police dog technical team of the Criminal Technology Center of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, told reporters that in recent years, in order to meet the needs of actual combat, the police dog base of the Provincial Public Security Department has also been "new" - developing new skills for police dogs to search for "two cards", developing new equipment for smart police dog technology, and introducing 3 new dog breeds.
The bloodhound "boss" is extremely sensitive to human odors Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhang Luyao photographed
New skills
Police dogs can use odor recognition calling cards and bank cards
On the playground of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department Police Dog Base, the police of the Criminal Police Detachment of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau demonstrated a "new skill" of police dogs with a Springer dog.
Dozens of parcels were piled up in piles at the scene, and the police sealed a plastic bag containing about 20 "two cards" (telephone cards, bank cards) into a cardboard box and hid it in the package pile. The rest of the packages contain "distractions" such as clothing, washing powder, soap, toothpaste, etc. This is to test the new skills of police dogs searching - searching for electronic products such as "two cards".
It is understood that in October this year, the whole country launched a severe crackdown, governance, and punishment to open the "two cards" illegal crime of selling bank cards and telephone cards, and resolutely curbed the high incidence of telecommunications network fraud. In order to meet the new needs of actual combat, Guangdong public security organs took the lead in carrying out experimental applications in the Provincial Public Security Department and the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau, using the research results of the "electronic storage device search dog" project to explore new skills for police dogs to assist in the investigation of "two cards".
In the demonstration, the reporter saw that under the order of the police "search", the police dog rushed into the cardboard box pile, sniffed around the package pile for a few times, and only a dozen seconds later, it locked the target and crouched down to warn. The police unpacked and inspected, and sure enough, a bag of cards was found.
How do police dogs accurately search for "two cards"? Yang Wuyou introduced that the "search card" mainly relies on odor recognition, and in training, the police with dogs will train police dogs to identify special odors on electronic products such as "two cards". Different from the identification of human odor, the "search card" requires batch identification, rather than one-on-one accurate identification, especially in the border inspection of the checkpoint, the police dog can help effectively identify the batch carrying the "two cards" out of the country. At present, the Guangdong police have made outstanding achievements in using police dogs to check and seize electronic storage equipment, especially in the investigation and seizure of "two cards".
Police dog "dark horse" dressed in wearable equipment Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhang Luyao photographed
New equipment
Police dogs have to wear weapons and move "RVs"
"Attack!" The 6-year-old tracking riot dog "Dark Horse" heard the trainer's instructions from a set of intelligent equipment he was wearing and immediately chased after the target to escape. This is a new equipment developed by the Police Dog Base of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department for the police dogs - police dog wearable combat training equipment. This set of equipment won the silver medal in the first national forensic technology Double Ten Plan Research and Innovation Competition.
The set consists of a 3D printed ultra-light mask and a camera embedded in a mechanically stabilized gimbal, with a total weight of just over 200 grams. After wearing this set of equipment, the "dark horse" is majestic, through wireless communication technology, the police can remotely issue voice commands to the "dark horse" in the background, and see the tracking scene in the eyes of the "dark horse" through real-time audio and video transmission equipment.
On the background screen, the reporter clearly saw the picture in the eyes of the "dark horse". It tracked the "suspect" all the way to the lawn and carried out a swooping attack. Although the police dog has great ups and downs during the run, the picture transmitted back in real time is still relatively clear. Yang Wuyou told reporters that this is because the camera of the head of the "dark horse" is embedded in a stabilizing gimbal, which can effectively stabilize. "This set of equipment can also carry some attack equipment, such as Taser guns, capture nets, etc. The police may directly manipulate the shooting or release the net in the background as appropriate. ”
During a search mission at the end of 2018, the Guangdong police once commanded a police dog wearing this set of equipment to independently search an inaccessible mountain and successfully found the target.
This equipment can also play a key role in dangerous environments such as explosion-related scenes. Yang Wuyou told reporters that the disposal of the explosion-related scene, the risk to the safety of personnel's lives is very large, if the police remotely command a search dog with equipment to go in, find the location of the explosives and then call it back, put the detonation robot into the scene to dispose of the explosives, can greatly reduce the risk of casualties.
In addition to this set of equipment, in recent years, the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department's Smart Police Dog Technology Joint Laboratory has also added many new weapons to the "Police Dog Raiders".
The intelligent mobile kennel is known as the "motorhome" of police dogs, and the carriage space can be freely combined by 2-4 compartments, and up to 4 police dogs can be carried at the same time. The carriage has automatic air conditioning, automatic feeding, automatic disinfection, automatic temperature and humidity regulation, video surveillance, indoor and outdoor lighting and other functions, and can also be powered by itself without external power supply, providing a good environment for transporting police dogs and police dogs to work in the wilderness.
Police dogs remotely pick the cage, easy to wear, reliable, and very strong, can be remotely controlled, just press the button on the remote control transmitter, at a distance of 100 meters away the cage can be quickly ejected. When the police take riot dogs and other large dogs on duty in crowded places, put this cage on the police dog to make the masses feel safer, once they encounter an emergency, the police can "unlock" the cage with one key, and the police dog can perform attack tasks such as swooping and biting.
This Jack Russell Terrier police dog is petite in stature and has no small skills Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Song Jinyu Intern reporter Zhong Xiaodan photographed
New member
Petite police dogs are good at searching and are heat-resistant police dogs with high energy
At the police dog base of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, the reporter met several new members of the "police dog surprise" team.
Jack Russell Terrier "Chu Xin" is only 3 years old, and is the most petite police dog in the base. It looks cute and weighs only about 5 kilograms. Don't look at its small size, its skills are not small.
The police with dogs told reporters that the "original heart" was introduced to the base and put into use in 2017, and the Jack Russell Terrier is a "rookie" in the domestic police dog team, and it has only been introduced as a police dog in the past two years. It is lively, energetic, gregarious, does not like to bark, likes to get along with people, and has a high loyalty and a very high IQ after confessing the Lord. As a police dog, jack Russell terrier has excellent search skills, especially in car cars, cars and other narrow spaces to search, petite it has more advantages. At present, the Guangdong police mainly use it to search for explosives.
The Bloodhound "Boss" is a "workaholic" who was introduced to the base in 2019. As one of the oldest, purest-bred, largest and most smell-sensitive hounds in the world, the Boss has demonstrated excellent tracking skills. The police with dogs told reporters that the "boss" has a docile personality, a particularly good sense of smell, a particularly poor vision, and is extremely sensitive to human odor, and is currently mainly used for human odor tracking in the wild, and has achieved good results. The best entertainment for it is tracking. Once it gets to work, it's very engaged, and if it can't find a target, it won't give up track. "We found in training that for other police dogs, tracking is the end point, for it, it is only the beginning."
Native to Germany, the Boeing Dachshund "sky" is the latest police dog to be introduced and put into use at the base in 2020. As a working dog, it has a keen sense of smell, a kind and calm personality, loyalty to people, strong energy, a long time of work and hunting desire, is a rare search for drugs, explosives, search and rescue dogs. Compared to the long-haired German Shepherd, the short-haired Boeingda is more heat-resistant and more adaptable to working in Guangdong. "Some long-haired dogs are basically unable to work in the summer, and Boeingda dogs can do it." Generally, police dogs have to rest for half an hour to search, and Boeingda dogs can continue to search for an hour without feeling too tired. Yang Wuyou introduced.
It is understood that at present, these new members have played a direct role in the scene of 4 murders.
Know more d
More than 80 police dogs in Guangdong have been awarded the title of Meritorious Dog
Yang Wuyou told reporters that the public security organs in 21 prefecture-level and 78 counties and districts in Guangdong have carried out police dog work, with a total of more than 2,000 police dogs.
This "police dog raider" is widely used in criminal investigation, anti-narcotics, counter-terrorism, security, border defense and other fields, has outstanding skills in odor tracking, identification, drug search, explosive search, blood search, electronic product search, etc., has participated in and successfully completed the security work of major events such as the 19th National Congress, the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, and has organized teams to other provinces for many times to support the security tasks of large-scale national activities and assist in cracking many major cases.
At present, more than 80 dogs in Guangdong have been awarded the title of meritorious dogs, of which nearly 10 dogs have been rated as meritorious dogs of the third level or above by the Ministry of Public Security. In the Guangdong Public Security Heroes Square, which was just completed this year, a sculpture was also set up for the deceased meritorious dog.
Source: Golden Sheep Network