CHAITRALY DESHMUKH chaitraly. deshmukh@ mid- day. com PUNE: Members of the canine squads attached to the Maharashtra police will now undergo appraisals, which will be held by the state Criminal Investigation Department ( CID).
The CID of Maharashtra state has a dog training centre at the Shivajinagar police headquarters in Pune since . . . . . Recently, another dog training centre has been allotted land at Daund. More than . . . dogs are attached to the Maharashtra police ( including with the Railways). The courses for the dogs include regular and refresher training courses, and are conducted by the Chief Dog Master under supervision of an additional superintendent of police. The dog squads mostly use breeds like Labrador, German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois.
From . anuary . . . . , after an order passed by the director general of police, the CID has prepared parameters for the appraisals. Every dog unit has been asked to submit its canine memberu2019s work performance, etc.
Speaking to mid- day, CIDu2019s Chief Additional Director General of Police Atulchandra Kulkarni said, u201c Until now, our state had never held appraisals for police dogs and their handlers. For the first time this will be done. Every dogu2019s work, usage, health, hygiene, involvement in activities, etc will be checked. We have asked each unit to submit its report by the first week of February. The appraisals could be monthly, quarterly and annual.u201d He added, u201c Every month, the dog units will have to send a performance review sheet to us. This way, the dogsu2019 achievements, as well as their behaviour and health, including vaccinations, will be assessed.
Based on this, we can plan future training programmes and follow up. The review system will help the CID improve the training.u201d Now, appraisals for canine squads CID to hold appraisals for the Maharashtra policeu2019s dog squads Every dog will be appraised for its work, usage, health, hygiene, involvement in activities, etc. FILE PIC
