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(d) The AFP ACT Region Dog Squad is a specialist resource available to members attending scenes of crime. Their use in drug and offender searches has been particularly successful.

During 1989/90, the Dog Squad attended 1310 incidents, including 368 building searches due to alarms being activated and/or prowlers reported; 260 tracks/open area searches; 26 drug searches and 35 bomb searches. They were instrumental in locating 14 drug caches/implements and 191 persons/property; and 177 arrests. When not being used at specific incidents, the Dog Squads general purpose dogs are deployed to shopping centres, schools or other public areas, which are often the subject of burglary or criminal damage, for foot patrol duty. Due to an increase in these typesof offences during 1989/90, greater emphasis has been placed on these duties for the dogs. This has proved to be a cost effective practice.

During the 1989 Summernats when police resources were seriously stretched, the Dog Squad provided very necessary .supplementation particularly for keeping unruly and aggressive crowds off roadways.

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