More dogs from Devon and Cornwall Police’s 'A' litter of 7 police dog puppies have had their passing out parade.

Argo, Ash, Annie and Ava were reunited with their mother Ruby at Police HQ, Middlemoor in Exeter before receiving certificates and putting on a demonstration of their skills.

Argo, Ash and Annie were objectively assessed and licensed to work as police dogs by Gwent Police. As with other dogs from the Devon and Cornwall Police training programme, Ava was sold to Dorset Police and returned to Devon with her handler for passing out having been licensed by Surrey Police.

Also present were Paul Glennon, canine development officer, and many of the puppy walkers and their families who looked after the puppies before they went into full training.

The puppies went to family homes for a period of twelve to eighteen months before being assessed for training as police dogs. The dogs then embarked on an intensive 13 week training course, which taught them to assist tracking missing people, locate stolen property, chase and detain suspects, and keep order in crowd control situations.

Axel and ‘Arry, two other dogs from the “A” litter, completed this process early, graduating in July of this year.