Ten new Police patrol dog teams are on track for continued success after graduating from their operational training at the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre today.
They will be working in Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Eastern, Central, Wellington, Canterbury and Southern districts.
The dogs include two sets of brothers - Vann and Vink, and South and Shaq and there’s no prizes for guessing who McCaw and Lomu are named after.
It’s hoped Usain will be just as fleet footed as his namesake Usain Bolt, while Tomeke becomes the 15th female operational police dog.
Group photo (left to right): Sen Const Gary Donnelly and Usain (Christchurch), Sen Const James Muir and Parko (Tauranga), Sen Const Andrew Douglas and Tomeke (Wellington), Inspector Todd Southall (National Coordinator: Police Dogs), Sen Const Blair Benson and Vink (Hawke’s Bay), Sgt Scott Robinson (Instructor), Sgt Sue Burridge (Instructor), Const Marcus Saunders and Vann (Dunedin), Sen Const Al Munro and Shaq (New Plymouth), Const Adam Thomas and Moon (Gisborne) and Const Regan Wilson and South (Dunedin).
(left to right): Const Scott Gosnell (Hamilton) and McCaw with Const Dave Balck and Lomu (Rotorua).
