New Delhi: Indian dog breeds are possible to be deployed for police duties together with sniffing out suspects, narcotics and explosives soon, officers stated on Monday (October 23).
The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) just like the BSF, CRPF and CISF will recruit Indian dog breeds for police duties. The breeds will embody Rampur hound, Himalayan mountain canines Himachali shepherd, Gaddi and Bakharwal and the Tibetan mastiff, out of whom the trials of some Rampur Hound are underway.
An order has been issued for the testing of Himalayan mountain canines.
Currently, virtually all police canines that are deployed on duties are overseas breeds just like the German shepherd, Labrador, Belgian Malinois and Cocker spaniel.
“The trial of the Indian dog breed Mudhol hound has already been concluded by the SSB and the ITBP. Trials of a few other Indian dog breeds like the Rampur hound are also undergoing at the canine training centres of the CRPF and the BSF,” a house ministry official stated.
The Ministry has additionally ordered trials of the Himalayan mountain canines just like the Himachali shepherd, Gaddi, Bakharwal and the Tibetan mastiff by the BSF, ITBP and SSB. Their trials are underway now.
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All canines employed by the CAPFs are a part of the Police Service K9 (PSKs) squads. The CAPFs which rent and practice the canines for police duties are the BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, SSB, NSG and the Assam Rifles.
Work of police canines
The police canines are educated to accomplish duties just like the detection of explosives reminiscent of IEDs and mines, narcotics and pretend currencies, apart from patrolling amongst others.
According to the official, canines are additionally utilized in search operations generally to find terrorists.
The residence ministry has additionally taken a couple of important steps to strengthen the tradition and ecosystem of mutual studying and cooperation among the many CAPFs and other police and legislation enforcement organisations on the problem of PSKs.
The CAPFs which have practically 4,000 canines are the most important police dog customers in India. The pressure hires practically 300 pups yearly.
Among the CAPFs, the most important variety of canines are with the Central Reserve Police Force (round 1,500), adopted by the Central Industrial Security Force (round 700).
National Security Guard (NSG) has practically 100 canines, one other official stated.
K9 squad
The K9 squad was arrange by the house ministry as a part of its police modernisation programme in 2019 with an intention to streamline the breeding, coaching and number of canines.
The residence ministry, underneath whose command the CAPFs and several other other forces work, has formulated a regular working process (SOP) for the K9 squads of those forces and has directed them to embody it of their dog-training curriculum.
“The ambit of internal security was widening, the difference between internal and external security threats was getting narrower, and police and CAPF dogs were an effective force multiplier for ensuring safety and security of the troops in operations and also the citizens,” the official stated.
(With PTI inputs)
