police dog en · NOUN
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A dog trained and employed by the police to pursue suspects or sniff out contraband.
A man who attacked three police officers and a police dog at Nottingham on April 4 has pleaded guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm, assault with intent to resist arrest, assault of an emergency worker, possession of a bladed article, possession of an offensive weapon, and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
2020 April 22, “Network News: Man attacks BTP officers after being refused travel”, in Rail, page 11:
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(dated) Synonym of German shepherd.
Finding myself, the other day, in New London, Conn., the thought occurred that it would be a good time to pay a visit to my old friend, Henri I. Baer whose kennel of police dogs (German shepherd dogs) at East Killingly, Conn., was only an hour or so away.
1917, Dogdom: Monthly - Volume 18, page 596:Contrary to popular opintion, the shepherd or police dog has not been crossed with the wolf, and has none of the qualities of such a mongrel.
1930 March, Stephen Sherman, “Was Your Dog Once A Wolf”, in Popular Science Monthly, page 57:For instance, we will take a police dog, and no doubt you are all aware, as I am, of the fact that the police or German shepherd is one of the hardest dogs that we have to treat.
1926, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Volumel 69:By the mid-1920s, the annual registrations of German Shepherd Dogs surpassed 21,000 dogs a year in America and the breed had become one of the most well-known in the country. Unfortunately, to meet this demand for “German police dogs” too many puppies were bred indiscriminately and the breed's reputation suffered.
2016, Janet Vorwald Dohner, Farm Dogs: A Comprehensive Breed Guide to 93 Guardians, Herders, Terriers, and other Canine Working Partners, →ISBN:
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Synonyms
service dog · German shepherd · K-9 unit
Translations (45)
sh policijski pas (trained dog for police work) · eo polica hundo (trained dog for police work) · nb politihund (trained dog for police work) · pt cão-polícia (trained dog for police work) · sv polishund (trained dog for police work) · da politihund (trained dog for police work) · is lögregluhundur (trained dog for police work) · nn politihund (trained dog for police work) · tr polis köpeği (trained dog for police work) · es perro policial (trained dog for police work) · fr chien policier (trained dog for police work) · be міліцэйскі сабака (trained dog for police work) · ru полице́йская соба́ка (trained dog for police work) · nl politiehond (trained dog for police work) · ar كَلْب بُولِيسِيّ (trained dog for police work) · ms انجيڠ ڤوليس (trained dog for police work) · pt cão policial (trained dog for police work) · ru служе́бная соба́ка (trained dog for police work) · fy plysjehûn (trained dog for police work) · hu rendőrkutya (trained dog for police work) · id anjing polisi (trained dog for police work) · de Polizeihund (trained dog for police work) · ms anjing polis (trained dog for police work) · he כֶּלֶב מִשְׁטָרָה (trained dog for police work) · be паліцэйскі сабака (trained dog for police work) · ca gos policia (trained dog for police work) · cmn 警犬 (trained dog for police work) · sh полицијски пас (trained dog for police work) · ko 경찰견 (trained dog for police work) · de Polizeihündin (trained dog for police work) · eo polichundo (trained dog for police work) · sw mbwa wa polisi (trained dog for police work) · es perro policía (trained dog for police work) · mk воено куче (trained dog for police work) · ru милице́йская соба́ка (trained dog for police work) · de Diensthund (trained dog for police work) · pl pies policyjny (trained dog for police work) · af polisiehond (trained dog for police work) · fi poliisikoira (trained dog for police work) · no politihund (trained dog for police work) · ja 警察犬 (trained dog for police work) · fa سگ پلیس (trained dog for police work) · mk полициско куче (trained dog for police work) · vi cảnh khuyển (trained dog for police work) · ro câine polițist (trained dog for police work)