Alfred A. Montapert has said, “Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.” Animals have impeccable character to which that of the human race does not even begin to compare. The most courageous of the animals are by far, service animals. Service animals have and continue to enhance the quality of life for countless people. While there are several different types of animals that are used as service animals, dogs seem to be the most popular and the most versatile. Dogs are used as service animals in numerous ways including use as public service dogs, therapy dogs, and assistance dogs.
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Dogs complete a variety of tasks to aid police men and women. These tasks include working with officers during searches and arrests, and sniffing out illegal substances. Another popular use for dogs in law enforcement is helping with scent evidence. As stated in The Benefits of Scent Evidence by Robert Hunt, “Although culture, diet, environment, heredity, and race influence it to some degree, the combination of bacteria, vapor, and cellular debris is believed to be unique to the individual, accounting for the singularity of human scent” (Hunt). This quote is significant because it provides some of the factors that contribute to the idea that every human has a unique scent. It is this idea that allows the police force to use scent evidence. Scent evidence can be used to do a lot of things, including things that pertain to the whereabouts of a suspect, identifying a suspect in a lineup, placing a suspect at a crime scene or location, and establishing probable cause (Hunt). Additionally found in the same article, “Law enforcement agencies cannot rely on scent evidence alone to accomplish these tasks; they must use specifically trained dogs to link the evidence to the individual and the crime” (Hunt). Scent evidence is not enough on its own; police forces need the extraordinary sense of smell of trained dogs to take the evidence one step further. The Niagra County, New York, Sheriff’s Office provides an example of this. In this particular example, a man was suspected of a kidnapping. The police obtained scent evidence from the scene of the kidnapping, and stored it. A bloodhound later used this evidence to track the suspect who had come in for an interview (Hunt). Although the police had scent evidence, they needed the bloodhound to link it with the suspect. In conclusion, although law enforcement has incredible technology, they need dogs in order to
The first kind of public service dog …show more content…
Dogs complete a variety of tasks to aid police men and women. These tasks include working with officers during searches and arrests, and sniffing out illegal substances. Another popular use for dogs in law enforcement is helping with scent evidence. As stated in The Benefits of Scent Evidence by Robert Hunt, “Although culture, diet, environment, heredity, and race influence it to some degree, the combination of bacteria, vapor, and cellular debris is believed to be unique to the individual, accounting for the singularity of human scent” (Hunt). This quote is significant because it provides some of the factors that contribute to the idea that every human has a unique scent. It is this idea that allows the police force to use scent evidence. Scent evidence can be used to do a lot of things, including things that pertain to the whereabouts of a suspect, identifying a suspect in a lineup, placing a suspect at a crime scene or location, and establishing probable cause (Hunt). Additionally found in the same article, “Law enforcement agencies cannot rely on scent evidence alone to accomplish these tasks; they must use specifically trained dogs to link the evidence to the individual and the crime” (Hunt). Scent evidence is not enough on its own; police forces need the extraordinary sense of smell of trained dogs to take the evidence one step further. The Niagra County, New York, Sheriff’s Office provides an example of this. In this particular example, a man was suspected of a kidnapping. The police obtained scent evidence from the scene of the kidnapping, and stored it. A bloodhound later used this evidence to track the suspect who had come in for an interview (Hunt). Although the police had scent evidence, they needed the bloodhound to link it with the suspect. In conclusion, although law enforcement has incredible technology, they need dogs in order to