Police dogs fitted with digi cams fight crime in the UK
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Amid tight security for London Olympics, police sniffer dogs of a UK unit are now snooping around with digital camera's fitted on their heads to fight crime and keep their officers safe.
The Staffordshire police dogs are the first in the UK to be equipped with the new FidoCam, a digital camera unit fitted on their heads.
The unit, together with a dog's keen sense of smell, are used in firearm incidents, searching for dangerous offenders in buildings or missing persons in dense woodland and undergrowth, the Daily Mail reported.
The digital camera and radio transmitter relays footage and sound back to officers on a live colour monitor held by officers.
Inspector Chris Dawson, from Staffordshire Police's Dog Support Unit, said: "This bit of kit is fantastic, it attaches to the dog's head and we can get a live view of what they are seeing."
"There are many situations when this technology will be beneficial to our officers. For example, when searching for a dangerous person we can send the dog into a building with the camera to search for them, when they indicate a find by barking we will be able to see exactly what or who they have found," he said.
"This will ultimately provide us with more information so we can deal with the situation safely and appropriately," he added.
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