Four-legged heroes: how service dogs help in the fight against drugs

We have all seen in films more than once how search dogs help police officers investigate cases, search for, detain criminals, detect  drugs and protect public order. Today, the students of our university had the opportunity to observe firsthand the work of four-legged friends.

The dogs Greta and Bella took part in the workshop "Improving measures to prevent and combat drug trafficking in the Republic of Kazakhstan" along with police officers and employees of the dog training service of the North Kazakhstan region. Together with experienced dog handlers, they were able to find special substances that surface-active material . They also demonstrated general basic command execution training and protection against criminal attacks.

The students were interested to learn about how dogs are trained for such difficult and responsible work, and how the dog handler interacts with animals. In addition, Sarina Popova, an operative of the Department for Combating Drug Crime of the Police Department of  of North Kazakhstan Region, told the students about measures to prevent and combat drug trafficking. Adolescents and young people, due to their age characteristics, are one of the risk groups for involvement in drug use and criminal environment. Therefore, such preventive measures are of great importance for the younger generation.