UK Police Dog history

This blogsite was produced in answer to the numerous requests by other researchers, over the years, to supply further documents, photographs etc that had been used in my research. It also provides a little nostalgia for those individual Officers I trained with and whos' company I enjoyed during my career, retiring in 1996. I have not reproduced all the pages from my book as hopefully this site will encourage further sales of those copies still in the cellar at Scarthin Books.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Oldham Borough Police Dog Section

Please log on to the following for a 1950's video look into Oldham Borough Police Dog Section.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmpolice1/5120580095/

2 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 23, 2012
Of interst? Once upon a time, the 1960's to be most accurate, Oldham Borough Police did not have one single police dog.

But very early one morning two dodgy looking young men walked up to the charge desk and stood there without saying a word.

"What do you two want?" said the Sergeant" "We have been arrested," said one of the young men.

Puzzled the Sergeant looked round the charge room, not a police officer in sight, the men were apparenty on their own.

Then in walked the B.T. police dog Storm, "Oh I see now" said the quick thinking Sergeant, we shall have to get one of them."

True to his word, within two weeks an Oldham officer was sent down to Elstree's B.T. Police Dog Training School; supplied with a police dog and given his first lessons in police dog training by the legendary Terry Shelton ex Metropolitan Police Dog Instructor and former Naval Marine of great distinction.

The two men had been caught redhanded stealing parcels off the deck at Oldham Clegg St Parcel's Depot by Storm.

P.C Walpole the beat Bobby at the Depot, said "You know where the Police Station is, off you go."

Half way up Clegg St, one of them said to the other one, "Don't be a bloody idiot, that is exactly what they want you to do."

And that is exactly how Olham police got their very first police dog. Manchester already had police dogs with Inspector Morris and Sergeant Fred Leigh in charge,they knew Storm very well, as they trained together every week at that time.
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