Swiss Police Dog Handler Association
The Swiss Police Dog Handler Association (SPV) ( French Fédération Suisse des conducteurs de chiens de police , Italian Federazione Svizzera dei conducenti di cani di Polizia ) is the umbrella organization of the Swiss police - police dogs being .
history
The association was founded in 1912. It is an association organized under private law , which consists of individual, autonomous sections. It includes all police corps in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein . In 2009 around 540 police dog handlers were organized in the SPV. Dog breeds used: German Shepherds (approx. 320), Malinois (approx. 120) and others such as Labrador, Rottweiler, Giant Schnauzer and Spaniel (approx. 20 each).
Presided over the SPV was mostly by cantonal or municipal police commanders, the most famous probably commander Paul Grüninger from St. Gallen may have been. Grüninger, a man of the highest moral and ethical obligations, was relieved of his position when it was sufficient that he had enabled several thousand Jewish refugees to enter Switzerland (then illegal). The SPV is currently managed on an interim basis by Jörg Guggisberg. The last regular president was Fritz Lehmann, commander of the Winterthur city police (today honorary president).
tasks
The association conducts basic and advanced training courses for examination experts, technical managers, trainers, protective service assistants and guides of special dogs in the sections. In addition, the SPV issues test regulations and instructions to the experts for police dog tests. By 2011, the SPV is organizing six competence centers for people tracking dogs (mantrailers), corpse and blood detection dogs, explosives detection dogs, incendiary detection dogs, drug detection dogs and specialty dogs. Around two thirds of Swiss police dog handlers own classic protection dogs. Avalanche dogs are also used in the Alpine Police Corps .