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COVER: Senior Constable First Class Simon Rosenhahn and police dog Ben Photography by Steve McCawley
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DECEMBER 2016 POLICE JOURNAL
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The only detractors police dogs have are criminals. Just about everyone else loves them. They track down wrongdoers, find lost or missing persons, look after their human partners, and they’re just great to look at and be around. And, to them, work is a joy rather than a burden. So the outpouring of sympathy and concern for police dog Koda after he got stabbed by an offender back in 2013 was no surprise. We caught up with his handler, Simon Rosenhahn, to find out how the retired Koda is these days. What we found out was that replacement dogs don’t just simply appear after their predecessors retire. Getting set up with a new dog can be intensely frustrating, as it certainly was for Simon. We were saddened to hear of the death earlier this year of former detective Richard Jones. He left the cops back in the 1980s and became an extraordinary success in the hotel industry. We did a bit of digging to find out how he did it. And, in this issue, we run our last instalment of Family, which will make way for a new concept in 2017. Probationary Constable Jessica Hore and her parents get the last word. Enjoy this last issue for 2016 and have a great festive season.
Brett Williams