Jimu News Reporter Zhao Delong
Correspondent Yu Qingsu Yu Yongde
"Sit, lie down, stand..." At the police dog training base of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Ezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, the trainer Yin Ziyang gave the instruction, and the police dog Xifeng made corresponding actions. Police dogs are capable of many police tasks such as explosive disposal and search. This is inseparable from thousands of training sessions by their handlers, as well as the trust and friendship between dogs and people.
Yin Ziyang and Xuanfeng
Xuanfeng is the star police dog of the Ezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau. He once served as part of the security team at important international conferences. On the afternoon of June 21, Jimu News reporters visited the temporary police dog training base of the Ezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau to learn about the daily training of Xuanfeng and the story between it and its trainer.
Visiting the police dog training base
On the afternoon of June 21, Jimu News reporters and the police from the Ezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau came to the police dog training base of the Bureau’s Criminal Investigation Detachment. The
base is located on the mountainside of Geshan Mountain in Ezhou City. According to fellow police officers, a new training base is under construction. It is temporarily rented here. It is relatively remote, and the venue is spacious and will not disturb people.
Yin Ziyang and the Tornado
In the afternoon before the early summer rainy season, the humidity is rising and the breath is sticky. The car travels through the forest with mottled tree shadows. When it stops on the mountainside, a series of barking dogs can be heard from the base not far away.
When seeing a stranger, Xianfeng was not as excited as other police dogs, and lay quietly on the ground as if no one was around. Trainer Yin Ziyang said that in addition to Whirlwind, the base also has eight police dogs of different breeds, managed by different trainers.
Yin Ziyang took out a yellow ball, and Tornado started to get excited. Yin Ziyang said "come here" and added a "sit" gesture, and Xuanfeng immediately came to Yin Ziyang and sat down.
Then, Yin Ziyang gave various commands such as follow, crawl, sit, stand, and roll. Xuanfeng seemed to be able to understand people's words and make corresponding actions. "One person and one dog seem to have a tacit understanding and harmony. Behind the scenes, the handler needs to practice repeatedly with the police dog for a long time." said the accompanying police officer.
Yin Ziyang took Xuanfeng to participate in the security inspection of an event
In addition to completing simple actions, Xuanfeng can also perform some simple tasks, such as "sending objects and picking them up". After the trainer issues instructions, Xuanfeng can "send" or "pick up" some objects. items to the designated location.
"Xuanfeng is good at bloodstain search." Yin Ziyang said that in 2018, in the 5th National Police Dog Technology Competition, Xuanfeng won the second place in the bloodstain search in the Nanchang area preliminaries and the fourth place in the country in the Beijing finals.
Later, Yin Ziyang took a blood sample and dropped a small drop on the corner of the base. After receiving the search order, Xuanfeng became extremely excited and ran back and forth around the area. In less than a minute, he squatted in the corner where the sample had just been dropped.
successfully completed the task. Yin Ziyang patted the tornado's shoulder blade and returned the yellow ball to the tornado. Whirlwind's excitement did not subside quickly, and he was still pacing back and forth around him.
"Xuanfeng is a responsible and strong police dog." Yin Ziyang said.
Yin Ziyang and Xuanfeng work together to find the lost old man
. The handler will also always pay attention to the physical and psychological conditions of the police dogs. Yin Ziyang said that they will reasonably arrange the food intake and type of police dogs, conduct regular physical examinations, vaccinate and deworm them, interact and play with police dogs on a daily basis, and provide appropriate rewards to enhance the mental health of police dogs.
helped crack the million-dollar theft case
On December 31, 2016, Tornado, which was several months old at the time, had passed multiple examinations and was retrieved from the Nanjing Police Dog Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security by the police of the Ezhou City Public Security Bureau. police career.
In 2019, Yin Ziyang signed up to participate in the explosive search class of the Nanchang Police Dog Base of the Ministry of Public Security and became a police dog handler. In March 2023, due to the job transfer of his colleagues, Yin Ziyang became the handler of Tornado.
Yin Ziyang and Xuanfeng
When they first came into contact with Xuanfeng, Yin Ziyang was under a lot of pressure. Tornado has many military exploits and is a star police dog in the police world. Whether he can be accepted by Tornado and take him to successfully carry out missions is Yin Ziyang's biggest concern.
"Spending time and companionship is essential." Yin Ziyang recalled that he spent a lot of energy and thought. When feeding Xuanfeng, he put grains of dog food in the palm of his hand so that Xuanfeng could remember his scent.
In order to gain Xuan Feng's trust as soon as possible, Yin Ziyang took great care of Xuan Feng. Get up at 6 a.m. and take Tornado outdoors for a walk. After the training, Xuanfeng was bathed, fed, combed, and nails cut...
Yin Ziyang remembered that during one training session, Xuanfeng accidentally jumped into a puddle and got soaked. Yin Ziyang held it and wiped it dry. appease. From then on, Yin Ziyang felt that Xuanfeng relied on him.
Xuanfeng follows Yin Ziyang. Whenever he goes out to work, in the square or other noisy and lively places, his colleagues will find that Xuanfeng can't take his eyes off Yin Ziyang for a moment. "You are the only one in the eye of the whirlwind." Colleagues joked.
Tornado is like a tacit partner to Yin Ziyang, who will take it with him to participate in various tasks such as anti-terrorism drills, security inspections, and searches. Because of the cute image of Tornado, he often participates in the anti-fraud center to shoot short videos.
Police said that in various cases, Xuanfeng had made meritorious deeds many times. In 2021, in a criminal case, Xuanfeng assisted the police in finding the body of a victim; in May of the same year, a burglary case occurred in Miaoling District, Ezhou City, with the amount stolen reaching more than 1 million yuan. Xuanfeng played a role in the case , found a drop of the suspect's blood, which provided help for the investigation of the case.
Today, Xuanfeng is more than 7 years old, which is not young for a police dog. After police dogs are retired, they are usually kept at bases or adopted by trainers or qualified caring people. "After Tornado retires, he will probably stay at the base. I will also be at the base, and I will take care of it." Yin Ziyang said.
(Source: Jimu News)
