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VANCOUVER, B.C. (Canada) — Meet
"Stat". He understands English as well as Czech.
He's an expert in narcotics and weapon detection. If you're
buried in an avalanche, Stat is your best hope. The only problem
with Stat is that he occasionally falls off roofs.
The North
Shore News reports that on Monday, Stat walked over the edge
of the 2-story roof of Lynn Valley Centre shopping mall and was
injured while attempting to follow a suspected burglar.
Fortunately for the two-year-old, 72-pound (32kg) German Shepherd, an
awning broke his fall, and he escaped the incident with only a broken
tooth.
"Luckily it was not an important tooth like an incisor,"
says Constable Marina Wilks, spokesperson for the RCMP
North Vancouver. "His bark is still going to have some
bite."
Const. Wilks explains that Stat was hot on the trail of an attempted
burglary suspect at 2:35am. Stat's partner, Constable Richard
Gingras, released the dog in order to track the suspect, believed
hiding in the dark. Stat became so engrossed in sniffing the
suspect's trail that he followed it right over the edge of the roof (I guess you could say that
the dog had more scents than sense).
"Dogs get so focused on following a scent that they assume
anywhere a human can go they can," says Const. Wilks. "We
believe the bad guy climbed down somehow."
Stat is currently laid up at his partner's home in Squamish where he
will stay for about two weeks recuperating. Stat's K-9
co-workers Checkers,
Chase and Baron will continue to respond to the 600-some calls
per year that require the expert talents of police dog/handler teams
in North Vancouver.
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North Vancouver RCMP police dog "Stat" and Const.
Gingras work in all types of weather and hazardous terrain to save lives
and nab crooks. Stat must've forgotten his parachute pack on Monday.
(Photo: North
Vancouver RCMP)
In the meantime, the famous flying police dog will have plenty of time
to rest and watch TV. According to the RCMP, Stat's favorite
programs are Lassie and The Littlest Hobo.
That's funny. I would have guessed that he's a big fan of Dynomutt...
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