Police: Dogs

(asked on 21st January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of a serving police dog’s veterinary fees is each year.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 26th January 2022

Information on police dogs is not held by the Home Office. Decisions on the number, make up and deployment of police dogs are made on a force by force basis and are a matter for Chief Constables, working with their Police and Crime Commissioners.

Similarly, decisions on the retirement and re-homing of police dogs are made locally by the Chief Constable after having carefully considered the specific circumstances of each case. Each force has its own system in place to manage this, which may include charitable organisations and volunteers.

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