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For full training in Patrol Work, Detection, and Hard Surface (Urban) Tracking, you can figure the cost to range from $12,000.00 to $15,000.00 total, per dog, depending on the length of each class.

Global Training Academy has excellent training facilities to train police dogs in different circumstances. At our company in Sommerset, Texas we yearly train hundreds of patrol dogs and their handlers.

The Labrador Retriever is a popular police dog for search and rescue, explosive and drug detection and they're also used as arson dogs. These pups are very trainable, efficient and always quick to follow their handler's commands.

The section today With 64 dogs, BTP's Dog Section is one of the largest in Britain. We have 22 general service dogs, 34 explosive detection dogs, and six drug detection dogs. Most dog handlers have more than one dog and some dogs are dual purpose.

United Kingdom The use of police dogs became popular in the 1930s when Scotland Yard officially added dogs to its police force. There are over 2,500 police dogs employed amongst the various police forces in the UK, with the Belgian Malinois as the most popular breed for general purpose work.

In the U.S., there are somewhere around 50,000 active police dogs. These dogs are highly intelligent, highly trained, and putting their lives on the line on a regular basis to help protect the public.