[ SHOWGSD-L ] Lazy British Police Dog Relieved of Duties
- From: Bob & Edie <legatehill@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:19:27 -0700 (PDT)
Lazy British Police Dog Relieved of Duties
2:01 PM EDT, October 17, 2005
By Associated Press
ROTHERHAM, England -- Buster the German Shepherd could have had a great
career as a British police dog had it not been for one flaw: his
complete
lack of interest in fighting crime.
The canine cop took early retirement after bosses at South Yorkshire
Police noted his poor motivation -- and a fondness for making friends
with
rowdy drunkards, his former handler said Monday.
Buster, who spent some six months on the beat, has been placed with a
family in Sheffield, near this town in northern England, Police
Constable
David Stephenson said.
"He has a lack of drive and motivation when asked to do operational
work,"
Stephenson told The Associated Press. "He's just a lovely pet."
Two-year-old Buster performed well at the start of his 14-week training
program, but his work gradually deteriorated and the problem worsened
once
he started patrolling the streets, he said.
On one occasion, Buster walked straight past a suspected criminal
hiding
in the garden of a house late at night and went off to cock his leg.
"I searched the garden myself and found the bloke. The dog had walked
past
the spot where I found him," Stephenson said. "You would have expected
him
to use his nose to locate him."
During a separate tracking operation, also in the early hours of the
morning, Buster gave up while in mid-chase across a golf course . "He
just
downed tools," Stephenson said. "He just lay down and there was nothing
we
could do. He has got a very low drive for finding people."
When patroling Rotherham at pub closing times -- when the streets are
often crowded with drunken revelers -- Buster wagged his tail when
people
came up to him and ate their fries, instead of deterring potential
trouble
makers, his former handler said.
"He just showed no interest in doing the job," Stephenson added. "He
had
no fire in his belly."
South Yorkshire Police employs some 50 German Shepherds for tracking
criminals, searching buildings and helping maintain public order at
soccer
matches and other events.
Bob & Edie Trocki
Bob & Edie Trocki
Home of GV MV Am../Can. Sel. Excellent Ch. Marhaven's And The Beat Goes On
OFA,TC (BONO)
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