Dog Support Unit (Metropolitan Police)

[1] The Met reported 186 officers and 20 police staff working full-time in the unit.

[1] "General purpose" dogs are German shepherds and Malinois (Belgian shepherds); search dogs included Springer Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, and Labrador Retrievers.

[3] In 2018, it was reported that the Met had spent more than £1 million on a pilot project to train police dogs in counter-terrorism.

[4] In 2014, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act showed that in the preceding three years, 827 people were bitten by Metropolitan Police dogs, and that "While the majority were suspects being pursued by the force, 53 were members of the public or police officers.

[6][7] In June 2011 the same dog-handler officer, who had been promoted to sergeant, locked two police dogs in his car for hours on one of the hottest days of the year, and the dogs died from heat exhaustion.