Listening to a local radio phone in last night this 'ex copper' came on saying every police officer should be armed with,wait for this!.....................A German Shepherd dog! He said that with today's unpredictable violent criminals they should have a dog by their side which he said was just as effective as a gun. He complained that when he was on the beat if his German Shepherd did some puncture wounds on a criminal they had to take the criminal to hospital otherwise the criminal could sue the police. Well if they shoot someone they too have to be taken to hospital,if they are still alive. He also said that if you set a German Shepherd on someone that person will be totally immobilised. I can't agree with that! Letting Tyson off his lead in a public place is dangerous if there are lots of people about. How would a German Shepherd know who was the criminal and who wasn't?! He hinted that if someone innocent gets bitten, sometimes the innocent are hurt in the pursuit of criminals. He also said that police officers in California have 'specially bred German Shepherds' that only understand the German language which means the police that have them have to learn German too. Sorry i'm waffling on so i'll come to the point of my post. I just think this fellow's a pillock and i'm glad he's retired and not still a copper.