Record #:

12798

Author(s):

Paysour, Conrad

Abstract:

First suggested after a bank robber escaped from the Guilford County Jail and held up four teenagers at gunpoint, use of dogs within the police force became a recurrent topic. Further initiated by Mayor George Roach, bloodhounds were procured for Greensboro and immediately put to use, successfully tracking two burglars and an automobile thief shortly after their arrival. A progressive move for Greensboro, police dogs will increase the capacity for tracking lost or kidnapped children, disoriented elderly persons, as well as fleeing offenders.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 4, July 1960, p9, 16, il

Subject(s):

Police dogs--Greensboro