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Police dogs section recruits more police dogs with HSBC Malta support
HSBC sponsors additional recruitment of police dogs.
24 July 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
HSBC Maltas COO and Director Ranjit Gokarn (far right) presenting the banks sponsorship to Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit, together with Police Sergeant Matthew Attard and a canine colleague named Axe.
The Malta Police Dogs Section will be taking on additional canine recruits in connection with a three-year sponsorship from HSBC Malta Foundation.
"With HSBC Malta's support, we are enlarging the force with additional Belgian Shepherd Malinois, a breed renowned for being particularly easy to train and being highly versatile workers," explained Police Sergeant Matthew Attard. "We have a one-dog-per-officer policy, to ensure that highly trained animals receive all the exercise and care they require to be healthy, happy, and at top performance on the job."
HSBC Malta's Chief Operating Officer and Director Ranjit Gokarn presented the bank's sponsorship to Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit during a Police Dog demonstration at St George's Square, Valletta, also marking the 199th anniversary of the corps. "Police dogs continue to provide an indispensable service to society by helping to fight drug trafficking and criminal elements in society. HSBC Bank Malta is delighted to support this worthy cause by providing sponsorship in a very tangible manner," Gokarn said.
"These highly trained dogs, like their police officer handlers, often face very risky situations and injury as a normal part of their careers. We salute their efforts for making our nation safer."
The Malta Police Dog Section includes two divisions: protection and assault dogs that assist in various police duties, and search dogs trained to sniff out explosives and narcotics. Belgian Shepherd Malinois can be trained to work within either division.
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Police dogs continue to provide an indispensable service. Rightly so!
But a number of German Shepherds which a Breeder is keeping on roof of a residence in Birkirkara is causing me Inconviniance and Health Hazards,phisically and psicologically.
Of course I don't blame the dogs,but the breeder for not choosing a suitable place for his hobby??????
Joseph MELI •
This preferred bank of choice for laundering the ill-gotten financial gains of terrorists and druglords may camouflage and deflect their activities away from such disgraceful illegalities -for which they were fined almost 2 BILLION US DOLLARS (yet no one went to jail-why is that?)-by such demonstrations of apparent philanthropic largesse(such "donations " being tax deductable incidently )but they are fooling no one.The banks spokesperson likes to use the term "providing very tangible support" for which Mexican Druglords and the many terrorist organisations throughout the world have been eternally grateful for and endebted too.
