France hails police dog with 1,700 arrests under its collar | Inquirer News

France hails police dog with 1,700 arrests under its collar

/ 08:59 PM November 09, 2011

BRAVE DOG Aquitaine department prefect Patrick Stefanini (2nd from left) prepares to award police dog Aldo on November 9, 2011, at the Bordeaux city hall. Aldo, a Belgian Malinois sheepdog, has been behind 1,700 arrests since he started working for the Bordeaux police department in 2006 – almost one a day – and 475 arrests this year alone. Aldo's handler Didier Hude did not receive a medal. AFP PHOTO/NICOLAS TUCAT

BORDEAUX—A French police dog credited with sniffing out 1,700 drug suspects was on Wednesday decorated with a medal for bravery and dedication at a ceremony in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

Aldo, a Belgian Malinois sheepdog, has been behind 1,700 arrests since he started working for the Bordeaux police department in 2006 – almost one a day – and 475 arrests this year alone.

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“Aldo is a police dog with an absolutely remarkable career,” said regional police chief Patrick Stefanini.

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Regional public security official Pierre-Marie Bourniquel said that less than a dozen police dogs had been decorated in France.

Aldo’s handler Didier Hude did not receive a medal.

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TAGS: Animals, Crime, France, Offbeat, police dog

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