Five South Australia Police dogs have retired in the past year with a total of 2187 deployments between them.
They apprehended a total of 661 offenders and cleared 847 offences. PD Havoc also located 110 property items worth almost $14,000 in total.
Sergeant Peter Crouch from Dog Operations Unit said the police dogs play an important part in a variety of police operations.
"Police dogs do a 14 week training course and once they graduate they are required to maintain monthly training standards and do annual skills tests to ensure they are still capable," Sergeant Crouch said.
"The job of a dog handler is 24 hours a day, with the dogs becoming part of the family so it's always difficult to see them retire."
Police Dogs Havoc, Judge and Stoic will have a rest from their duties of criminal apprehension, property location, missing person location, and handler protection. While Police Dogs Indi and Yoyo were part of the drug, firearm and explosive team.
"We thank PD Havoc, PD Judge, PD Stoic, PD Indi and PD Yoyo for their service to the community and know they will have an enjoyable retirement."
Their operational duties have been taken up by five new additions to Dog Operations so there has been no impact on service delivery to the community.
Here's a list of each dog's achievements:
PD Havoc – duty started 2017 and retired in May 2022:
- 673 deployments;
- 125 offenders apprehended;
- 111 property items located (value of $13,800);
- 239 offences cleared.
PD Indi – duty started 2016 and retired in March 2023:
- 485 deployments;
- 340 offenders apprehended;
- 342 offences cleared.
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PD Judge – duty started 2020 and retired in February 2023:
- 306 deployments;
- 55 offenders apprehended;
- 70 offences cleared.
PD Stoic – started duty 2018 and retired in March 2023:
- 420 deployments;
- 52 offenders apprehended;
- 105 offences cleared.
PD Yoyo – started duty 2021 and retired in April 2023:
- 303 deployments;
- 89 offenders apprehended;
- 91 offences cleared.
