Police Dog Unit

This article is about the Hong Kong unit. For the general topic, see police dog.

Not to be confused with Police K-9 Unit (Singapore), Metropolitan Police Dog Support Unit, Airport Police Dog Unit, or Police Dog Training Centre.

The Police Dog Unit, (Abbreviation: PDU; Chinese: 警犬隊) established in 1949, is a specialist force of the Hong Kong Police under the direct command of the Special Operations Bureau.^[1] Its role is in crowd control, search and rescue and poison and explosive detection.^[2][3] In addition, the Police Dog Unit works in collaboration with other departments for anti-crime operations.

Police Dog Unit
2 Police Dog Unit officers with K-9
Active	1949-Present
Country	Hong Kong
Branch	Hong Kong Police Force
Type	Police dog unit
Role	Crowd control, search and rescue and poison and explosive detection.

See also

• Police dog