Japan is a very amazing country, and their system is very different from ours. Earlier, Japan's TV Tokyo variety show "ありえへん∞ World" conducted a street interview and asked passers-by a question, do you know what police dogs usually do? Most people believe that they are likely to need intensive training on a daily basis or serve as service dogs in multiple roles. After questioning more than a dozen passers-by, Mr. Suzuki, a police dog training officer, said the answers were all wrong. So what are Japanese police dogs doing on a normal day?
Mr. Suzuki said that a large part of these police dogs, on a normal day, are ordinary family pet dogs, taking a holiday in the owner's home. You only need to focus on selling cuteness and accompanying the owner, and you don't need to train hard at all. This is actually related to Japan's police dog system.
At present, there are 1371 police dogs in Japan. These dogs include 157 police dog hair and 1214 special police dogs. Directly administered police dogs are full-time police dogs, raised at the expense of the police department or the county, and trained in the police dog training base on a daily basis, which is equivalent to a regular employee. The special police dog is a police dog raised by an individual or a non-governmental organization, usually an ordinary pet dog, and when needed, it will participate in the search, which is equivalent to dispatching employees.
In Japan, it is very simple to become a special police dog, as long as you pass the qualification test at the police dog review conference held every year, you can become a special police dog and obtain a police appointment certificate. He lives with his owner every day, and when the police need it, he will call his owner and ask the owner to bring these special police dogs to the scene to assist in the investigation.
However, because these special police dogs are responsible for selling cuteness at home every day, and their business ability is not as strong as the direct police dogs that have been receiving intensive training at the training base, they are generally only responsible for some relatively minor cases, such as the case of the disappearance of the elderly or children, and they will be invited to come and assist in the investigation. Of course, because the owner needs to guide the police dog, he also has to participate in the search. After each investigation, the police will pay a certain amount of remuneration, usually between 3,000 yen and 10,000 yen, which is about 180 to 600 yuan. In general, the more serious criminal cases are the responsibility of the police dogs directly under the direct jurisdiction.
By the way, the breeds of police dogs are generally large dog breeds such as Demu, Doberman, golden retriever, etc., but some counties do not restrict dog breeds. There is a mini-VIP named Apricot who is also a good police dog. Its owner was Mr. Suzuki, who answered our questions for us. There is not only one police dog in his family, Apricot's mother and sisters are all special police dogs that have passed the police dog qualification review, but they are now old and retired.
Such a police dog system is very interesting, not to say that I don't know, the original police dog such a existence is also a temporary worker, but also as a part-time job to do. Although there are only a few opportunities to attend work a year, the remuneration you get is also considered to be that the dog feeds itself