Soon, two dogs taught by Nottinghamshire Police will be assisting in jailing Paedophiles and Sex Offenders. Labradors Ebony and Hazy recently finished six weeks of rigorous training to identify seminal fluid.
Two of only a few such animals in the UK, the recently accredited duo will shortly start their professional lives supporting police departments nationwide.
Trained to find seminal fluid, the canines can smell out minute samples months and even years after they are deposited.
Then, one can get DNA profiles and utilise them as proof against criminal suspects.
Computers Lead trainer for Nottinghamshire Police, Dean Allen, is well-known nationally for his knowledge. He has already taught most of the other semen-specialised detection canines in the United Kingdom.
Dogs are genuinely unique creatures that can be taught to detect almost anything we wish for practically.
Working with Ebony and Hazy over the past six weeks has been a delight; I know they will be essential in obtaining justice for victims.
“They will locate evidence that would have been missed using other detection techniques and can now identify even the slightest trace levels.
“Ultimately, these dogs will be used in future to bring some of the very worst offenders to justice; it’s a great feeling for us to play a part in our training.”
Nottinghamshire Police has past brought several major sex offenders to justice using evidence collected by dogs.
Among these is a man who spent 24 years in 2021 imprisoned for crimes against underage girls many years prior.
One of the main bits of proof against him came from a semen deposit found in a bedroom, supporting the narrative of one of his victims.
Having many years of expertise looking at sexual assaults, Detective Chief Inspector Jo Elbourn said:
Particularly when suspects deny that sexual activity has occurred, evidence obtained by these animals can genuinely make all the difference in a rape or sexual assault inquiry.
“We can show they are lying about the foundations of an inquiry and build our case from there by using DNA evidence detected by dogs.”
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