 | Smell - The
primary sense of a canine, his smell is much keener then a humans. This enables him to
find and actually distinguish between different scents. Some say the canines sense of
smell is between a thousand and a million times better then a humans.
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 | Sight - Canines
see much better at night then their human counterparts, they also have the ability to pick
out movement that would normally have went with out notice by the officer.
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 | Agility - The
canines have the ability to get to places that officer normally could not go safely to
search and find hiding suspects.
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 | Speed - The canine
speed is an obvious benefit to the officers, when it comes to catching fleeing suspects.
At a rate of almost 30 mph it would be hard to escape by running from the canine.
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 | Loyalty - One of
the most important and well known reasons for having a canine partner. His loyalty to his
handler is beyond comprehension. Therefore the safety of this K-9 Handler is Always
enhanced. |