1960's Police Dogs

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Early Metropolitan Police Dog Handlers

Origin not known, can anyone please help?

Pc Barrie Hewison - Met

PC Barrie Hewison and his third Police dog Nero 5 Served in the Met from 1958 until 1987, most of his service was spent in the Dog section.

Metropolitan Police Dog Section - Pc Bert Sayers

Newspaper cutting dated 17 September 1954 "PC "Buster" joins Finchley Police.
A new arrival to take up his duties at Finchley police stations is freshly trained, keen as mustard on police work - and answers to the name of "Buster". But he will only respond to one man who knows him very well, because "Buster" is a young golden-brown Alsatian, and the only person he takes orders from is PC Albert Sayers, his handler. They both came from Hendon this week and will work together tackling crime in Finchley.
They were well known locally as they of course were on foot in those days!

The other three were taken at Keston for The Daily Sketch, possibly early 1970's

Comment from and published with the kind permission of his daughter Nuala
After the "Babes in the Wood" case, my Father trained the Met's human remains dogs (called body dogs then!), I came home from school and found pig carcasses in the garage, I even helped him bury a few of them. Also helped him train the dogs to find gun's etc. No one can say my childhood was boring! My Dad trained the dogs that found the bodies (including President Sedat's brother) after the October wars.

Police Dog stories, 'Doggy Tails from the East London'

I am looking forward to reading a copy.

When a Police Dog Handler wishes he wasn't

Pd Kirk

Currently awaiting further details

Police Dog Handlers and Firearms

I was recently asked why Police Dog Handlers were not armed in firearm situations.

The above was captured by a press photographer, a good few years ago, and is self evidencing with the 'cocked' 38 revolver.

Ex-Chief Inspector Terry Shelton

Anecdote and photograph with the kind permission of Harold Philbin

Photo of Terry Shelton with King George VI .

A proud and private man Terry Shelton, not many of the thousands of handlers he trained actually knew his real name or that he was one of the heroic Marine Commandos who invaded Norway during World War two.

It seemed that a P.C. called him Terry by mistake just after the war and he liked it so much that he answered to it for the rest of his very active long service, just short of forty years to be accurate.

Metpol circa 1960

(Left) unknown Met Sgt (Right) Pc Charlie Stocker

Unknown dog handler from Malta, Met Police Dog Training School

Again with the kind permission of Dave Simpson

My Dog Rex 111

Taken from the book 'My Dog Rex' written by Pc Arthur Holman, Metropolitan Police and published in 1957. Rex later starring inthe film 'Police Dog' (made in 1955)

credited cast:
	Joan Rice	....	Pat Lewis
	Tim Turner	....	Frank Mason
	Sandra Dorne	....	Blonde
	Charles Victor	....	Sergeant
	Nora Gordon	....	Mrs. Lewis
	Cecil Brock
	John Le Mesurier	....	Inspector
	James Gilbert	....	Ken Lade
	Christopher Lee	....	Johnny, a con

When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler. Rex, his new companion, starts to take over his home life more than expected, to the irritation of girl-friend Pat. Frank just hopes the killer will re-appear.
Filmed in black and white.

Police Dog 'Ping'

Pc Albert Blake with Police Dog 'Ping', Metropolitan Police 1947

The picture that stopped handlers being armed

UK Police Dog History