Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1915 — Baltimore’s Police Dogs Busy Catching Thieves [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Baltimore’s Police Dogs Busy Catching Thieves

BALTIMORE. —Following the lead of the great cities of Europe, Baltimore now has added dogs to its police force. They are two in number, tawny Airedales, not especially beautiful, but well trained and, as they already have demonstrated, competent guar-.

dians of the peace. Billy and Rover, as they are named, have been assigned to outlying posts and.travel beat with uniformed men. They “sleuth”* up, dark alleys and in the shrubbery and have been taught to eat only food given them at the police station in order to prevent their being »poisoned. They live at the homes of the patrolmen with whom they work, .and hav.e passes' on the street cars, just like

their human colleagues. The dogs 'Fere imported, from England and cost, inrinding transportation, $lB2. They were trained by Major Richardson of London, who trained the police dogs of Great Britain. Paris and Berlin There dogs search out the underbrush,' and do a turn around all of the houses that are in the suburban section in search for maraudera If any are found, or anything arouses their suspicion, they immediately attract the attention of the policemen with whom they are working, ahd a furthet investigation is made. One of the principal, tricks to which they have been trained is the chasing and capture of persons running from the police. When a prisoner begins to run, the policeman turnsthe dog loose with a "Go get Mm" mrt the dog darts in and out between the legs of the rupner and thrpws hfm tn tba ground. Then he tries to hold the man down intll moUdemaD arrives.