 I'm Cyn Constable Jay Nilly. I'm a dog handler for the Queensland Police and I'm attached to Brisbane Dog Squad. I joined the Queensland Police in 2009. I was 26 years old when I joined. My first six months on the road as a first year I spent at Peachtree Police Station. I was then sent to Sandgate for my second six months and from there I got my permanent posting at Stafford Police Station where I spent six years. I knew fairly early on in the job after my training that the dog squad is where I wanted to go but I did know that it was a very competitive area. I had to put in a lot of hard work, you know, directing my career towards that. It took me six years. Then I finally got shortlisted and got an interview and missed out. About 12 months later I had another interview where I succeeded. From there I then had to go and compare psychometric testing and then you have to go on a 14 week dog course which is very physical and it looks a lot easier than actually what it is I guess. Choosing the dog squad is a lifestyle choice. We have our dogs with us 24-7. They live at home with us. They become part of your family. The dog relies on you and we rely on the dog for the results. You've just got to learn to work your family life and your work life together. Sometimes it works out really well and other times it can be really difficult. My family understand that I love my job and they've known right from the beginning that shift work may take me away at times but they've also seen the good side of it of what I do. Of a daytime if I'm normally assist investigators with search warrants where we're helping them to try to locate drugs that are hidden through good concealment methods. We search houses. We search vehicles. We search nightclubs. We search people. Pretty much anywhere where you think a drug could be concealed a drug dog will search. It's a great job. You get to experience many challenges and you also get to test yourself and really push yourself and conquer things I guess that you never thought that you would do. You've got to be motivated. Like I said you've got to be willing to push yourself. You've got to go that extra mile and if you're motivated and you really want it then you'll get there.