 Hi, welcome to the Vancouver Police Canine Unit. My name's Constable Jeff Goodall and I understand you guys want to come and take a tour of our building so let's go and take a look. So the first thing I want to show you guys is a monument that was donated to us by Jack and Darlene Poole in the Vancouver Police Foundation. It's an important monument for us because it's got all the dogs that have died in the line of duty. We've got their names engraved on here and it's just a constant reminder of the sacrifice they did for us in the city of Vancouver. Alright, from here let's go inside the building. So this is our wall of all our current handlers that are working. We have 16 dogs and handlers, two sergeants and 14 constables. So these are all the dogs and handlers that we have currently working with us. Another monument that was donated by the Vancouver Police Foundation. It's a wall that remembers all the dogs that have worked with the Vancouver Police Canine Unit. We first started in 1957 where the oldest municipal consecutively run canine unit in the country and on here you'll see that there's dogs that have passed away and so we always remember these dogs and their badge numbers. So you have PSD Lupo and he was born in 2008 and he had the 91st badge. And I'll show you the other monument here in the report writing room. So this one was first made about 12 years ago and it's got all the dogs that have served the citizens of Vancouver and all their names. We also have up here is a wall of valor. Same names that were on the plaque but these guys here we just like to keep their pictures and just remember them and what they did in the line of duty. And then lastly we've got a phrase here that's sort of been adopted by the canine unit guardians of the night. We work 24-7, 365 days so we're always out. We've always got a canine working on the roads of Vancouver. And then come on down we'll just show you this hallway here it's just got a few pictures of our squads throughout the ages. We've got a gym here where we come and work out keeps us healthy our dogs are athletic and they always keep us mobile and running so we got to stay up with them and be healthy as well. So come on in here show you another area. So this is our sort of an area where we can take care of our dogs. We've got a wash bay this is a good place where we can get our dogs up here we can make sure that they're healthy we can check them over we can give them a bath and keep them fresh. And then this is where we can keep our dogs food and get ready for the day. A lot of dogs are on a raw diet most dogs will eat about two pounds a day and then some dogs are also on kibble. Dogs are on a raw diet and be turkey, beef, chicken or buffalo. And then we've got here what's our kennels so we have 20 kennels each one is labeled the dog's name they all have their own kennel. It's pretty pretty nifty kennel we've got it's called a 40-60 split 40% of it's inside and 60% is outside and I can show you when we go around. It's a really high-tech kennel it's got heated floors the material is designed not to be hard on the dog's paws and they can comfortably stay in here and have a good place when they're not at home with the handler. And then I'll show you the outside so you guys can take a look. 60% of it's outside so the dogs can come out and get some fresh air we have rolling shutters here on this side and what we can do is if it gets really cold we can close these down but for the most part we'll leave them open so the dogs can come out if they're staying here and get some fresh air. And then we'll go down this way we've got another area I'll show you. I'll show you our training field so this is one of the most exciting areas for the dogs this is a place for the dogs to come and bond with their handler it's a fun place for the dog they enjoy all these obstacles but what it does is it teaches the dog that it's there's all sorts of different things that the dog might encounter throughout their career. Hi my name is Constable Nick Florco I'm with the Bank of the Police Dog Squad. This is Police Service Dog Blitz. This is a fun area for the dogs most of the handlers enjoy it those take their dogs through here once a day it's a good place for them to just unwind and have a fun time. Hi there my name is Constable Dennis Jesus the Bank of the Police Canine Unit this is my police dog Gibbs. So they might have to go through a tunnel they'll have to jump over fences. We have a little tunnel down there they'll have to go under things they might have to go up somewhere high and they need to feel comfortable up on a higher platform. The apex here is for the dogs to understand that they might have to run over all sorts of different terrain. Come on with me and I'll show you another area that we keep our dogs. So this is what we call a rapid kennel area this is where we can let our dogs out of the truck they might be in there for a few hours so this is my dog here Griffin and he goes into the back of the truck if I have to go off to a call. All these are very state-of-the-art trucks the back of the kennel is designed so that it will protect the dog it's got airbags it's made out of steel so if we were ever in an accident a lot of people get concerned that the dogs will get hurt but we've got all sorts of protective equipment inside there for the dogs we got a place for them to drink some water and a lot of times people ask us why our trucks are always running well for the most part it's because we have on hot days we'll have air conditioning going so it allows the dogs to stay cool and keep them safe and they don't overheat and again this is mostly our office this is where most of the canine handlers will spend their time they'll be out on the road and just like most police vehicles we've got our computer and our lights and sirens and most of us will spend a lot of our time in the truck just wanted to say thank you for coming down to the Vancouver Police canine unit for more information you can check us out at vpd.ca or on our Twitter account at vpdk9