पुलिस का Dog Squad कितना कारगर होता है? How far police tracking dog is effective?
How far police tracking dog is effective?
Tracking dog is used for detection of crime which is committed by unknown person
Explosive and mine identification
Detection of human waste materials
Search and rescue missions
Locating drugs
Finding dead body
Distinguishing between different forms of narcotics
To disperse crowd in Australia
Success rate of dog squad
Age
Sex (male dogs are more effective in determining a trail than a female dogs)
The personality of dog
Its repo with dig handler
After the incident, the dog squad should be pressed into service as soon as possible. Delay will reduced success rate
If after the incident, it rained in and around the scene of crime then dog squad become not so effective in tracking the culprit
If a big river or rivulate come in between the tracking route, dog squad fails to track further and fails to achieve the target
How does the dog track?
It is believed that the feet secrete more scent from an individual. These scent spread into air and also on ground
The footprint left by suspect on vegetation, mud, soil get scent left by the suspect
The tracks scent often a mixture of both the air scent and the ground scent being left by the suspect
Dogs are able to determine a track scent by identifying the a combination of human odour and environmental odours released by an individual
What are popular police dog breeds?
German shepherd
Bloodhounds
Belgian malinois
Labrador
Doberman
Beagle
Training
Dog handler has to undergo required police training for 1 to 2 years and thereafter he is trained for dog handling
A dog is trained for more than 1 year
A dog must pass basic obedience training course before he can be consider for police department
After experience and achievement police dog is also ranked
Evidentiary value of dog tracking
Dog tracking of a criminal is relevant fact under section 8 of evidence act
But it is weak evidence and to get the culprit punished, there must be supportive evidence to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt
Conclusion
It has been found that tracking by dog has success rate of more than 70% provided that it should be used immediately after the incident
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