Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-23
Canine "Constab|es" Have
Worked Wonders In Suppress
sing Criminals Since 1906.
PRAISED By ALL OFFICIALS
From the New York Herald

NOI CJlt IISI tIiIiC IL i)Vtlt' IVY -
n victim to duty last month. and Leo
who was killed on the night of No
vember 81 to 2S. on the Route de III
Revolte. near the Porte d'Asnieres.
owed his death to Il mistake.
Obeying the order of their masters.
Mons. Leonard and Mons. LIE Goff. po-
licemen of the Eighteenth Arrondisse-
ment. who had just unmuzzled them.
Leo and Prince, two police dogs noted
for their keen scent INC fearless cour-
age. made their way into q dark en-
closure. whence had come the reports
of revolver shots. The owner of the
ground. a Mons. Roussot, imaging he
was being attacked by m~iscreants,
again fired several times.
The shots missed Prince. but Leo was
struck by one neal the right eye and
fell dead.
1t is evident that the splendid auxil-
iaries. which for some years past aid
ed the police of Paris and suburbs, in
cur with their masters. to whom they
are sue faithful companions, all the
risks of their calling. Often more fear
less than the policemen whom they &C
company, the dogs are certainty ter
rible opponents for all wrOngdoers.
The prefecture of police is so we'll
satisfied with the services rendered by
the dogs that 1T has endeavored. with
the aid of the Police Dog club for the
supply of police. gamekeepers' and GUS
toms officers dogs. to increase the
number of their a%uxiliaries. The dogs
have been distributed mons the prin-
cipal police stations on the outskirts
of Paris and in the suburbs.
At present $50 dogs are allotted to
the suburban police and 80 to the cap
atal itself. Ten more have just been
presented by the Police Dog club to
the municipal police with a view to
increasing the security of Parisians.
Two dogs are attached to the brig
ade OF river police: our to the Twelfth
ACCOMPLISHMENT, four to the Thirteenth
II Fifteenth. o u to the Seventeenth,
and five each to the Eighteenth and
Twentieth ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Moreover. important provincial
towns, such as Bordeaux. Valciennes.
ROubaix, Nancy. Rouen. Brest and
Lyons now use police dogs for arrest
ing criminals. Several foreign coun-
tries also employ them.
Praised by Commissioner.
VIVA is your opinion of the Paris
police dogs? What further do you ex-
pect from them?" These questions
were addressed by a newspaper cores
pondent to. Mons. Bectard, police COM
missioner in the QUARTER du Combat.
who. when he occupied a similar posi-
ton at GENTLY, was. with the aid of
Mons. Simrad, now the chief of police
of Monaco. the founder of the Paris
police dog service.
In reply Mons. Bectard said: What
do / think OF the police dogs? Why,
what every n who has seen them
at work must think. The results OBJ
tanned have far surpassed our most
sanguine hopes. What more do we
may be anticipated from auxiliaries
as devoted as they are courageous."
Mons. Bectard on request very kind
~ consented to give a brief account of
the organization OF the police dog serv-
ice.
1T was in 1906" he said, that on
looking round for some new means of
defense against m~alefactors, whose au-
dactty was continually increasing, as
sisted by Mons. Simard, then commits
stone of police at Neuilly, 1 conducted
an inquiry in Belgium and Germany,
where police dogs We're employed with
success.
We came to the conclusion. how
ever. that the methods employed by the
police In those countries could never
be adapted to French laws. According
~ 1t was decided to buy Belgian dogs
them In France"
Mons. Bectard therefore acquired in
Belgium two dogs, Lion, a Groenen-
dael, and Tick. a Mechlin dog. Mons
Simard also bought two G-roenendaels
Max and Bob. Both commissioners
SsACsb 0CO W WOIh " IItbll Il6lE DuDIlS
observing their qualities with close at
tenttOn. They noted some curious facts
concerning the habits OF the animals.
Whereas French sheep dogs-the
short haired Beauce or long haired Brie
varieties-the only breeds whose in.
telltgence gave any hope of utilizing
them Tor police purposes. do not bite
having e trained in this way fol
ages past by their owners anxious t.
protect their iocks from being bitten
the Belgian dogs. Messrs. Bectard anl
eimard found. secured a Arm hold
They were consequently trained t<
bite at command.
But they did not rest content Will
educating four Belgian dogs. Full O
confidence In the 1nal result at thei
EFFORTS 0eSsrs. Bectard and Simard oh,
tained two French dogs which the,
trained similarly to the nrst, though
with considerably more difficulty. A
Me same time they devoted attention
. fnstructing the police and showing
hem the capabilities OF the dogs.
I'm 1907" said Mons. Bectard. 9TH,
experiment. entered on the practica
StAge. Twelve police dogs were tried
Ak At Meuilly with Mons. Simard an.
& Adx Ct GENTLY In my district. Our ef
torts were Immediately rewarded. Re
oulto came Quickly-Splendid. result
could not be gain-satd and which
9 over 70 the side Of the police dog
III who had been Indifferent.
E1r1t Explolts 81 Police Dogs.
1T IN the beginning OF 1907 tina
the nf1t exploits OF the police dog
brought them under the notice OF tn
series of daring burglaries ha,
been committed In the suburbs, at sta
Mons ana AtOre9 on the Orleans rail
way andsHnOresp9rticularly on the II
m0urs lire. police had to admi