Police’s Search and Rescue unit enlightens kiddies with K9 training show
Members of the police's K9 Search and Rescue unit entertained hundreds of onlookers when they held an exhibition at Weltevreden Park Primary School last Saturday, 5 May.
The K9 Search and Rescue unit’s members entertained the crowds at the school with an exhibition that featured a couple of their training exercises, while the police reservists and Honeydew Sector 2 Community Policing Forum (CPF) shed some light on what they do for the community.
One of the exercises demonstrated by the Search and Rescue unit was the attack-suit exercise, where they task their trained dogs with taking down the person in the suit as if they were a suspect in a chase.
Members of the crowd who were brave enough were even granted the opportunity to put on the suit and have the dogs chase them down and attack them.
The Search and Rescue members also carried out a couple of exercises with smoke grenades to simulate what a real chase could be like.
The K9 Search and Rescue unit wasn’t the only law enforcement entity at the school however, as both police reservists and Honeydew Sector 2 CPF members were there too.
The reservists were on hand to shed a little bit of light on what exactly the reservists do for the police, while also letting some of the children try on some of the police gear.
The CPF members were there to inform those interested about the advantages of having a CPF and just how important it can be to have one in the community.
As they are looking for volunteers to aid their cause, they also provided information on what volunteering for the CPF can entail.
All in all, it was a good day out for all involved, as everybody received their fair share of interest.
Undoubtedly one of the highlights of the day for the children was the chance to meet Tyson, a Belgian Shepherd cross Black Labrador, who is the West Rand K9 Search and Rescue Unit’s search and rescue dog.
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