<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Bangladesh Police introduced the first female police dog handler team - comprising members of the female Airport Armed Police Battalion - to make the operational activities more dynamic.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Seven female APBN members have been included in the police dog handler team after getting training from the K9 dog handler course.</div><div><br></div><div>They received training from professional dog squad trainer Tony Brison (UK) and Melin Broadweek (New Zealand). The US embassy and Airport Armed Police jointly organised the training.</div><div><br></div><div>Commanding Officer of Airport Armed Police Battalion-13, Tofail Ahmed, handed over the certificates to them after the conclusion of the training course today.</div><div><br></div><div>Airport Armed Police Battalion started the K9 Dog Squad unit with two labradors, two German shepherds and four malinios dogs in 2017.</div><div><br></div><div>The dog squad unit has been used for checking passengers and screening luggage.</div><div><br></div><div>Mohammad Ziaul Haque, additional superintendent of police (media) of Airport Armed Police Battalion, said the government has taken a step to upgrade the number of dogs to 66 in the dog squad group by 2025.</div><div><br></div><div>The government took the steps considering the operations of the third terminal of the airport, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Fifteen more dogs will be attached to the dog squad in 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>A full-fledged dog squad can play an important role in preventing sabotage, drug smuggling and currency smuggling, said speakers at the programme. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>