OSCE consulting canine officers of Turkmenistan
By Trend
OSCE in its press release said that it facilitates exchange of best practices in using service dogs to ensure border security in Turkmenistan.
A workshop for canine officers and veterinarians on using
service dogs to ensure border security in Turkmenistan, organized
by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, concluded near Ashgabat.
The eight-day workshop was made up of two parts: a course on the
effective use of special dogs and a course on the effective use of
search dogs. It was organized as part of an extra-budgetary project
to enhance the capacities of canine centers.
Service dogs are used worldwide to ensure border security and
public safety in crowded places such as airports and train
stations. Service dog training techniques and approaches are
constantly evolving and adapting to current and emerging
border-related threats.
The workshop provided a platform for the exchange of experiences
and best practices involving service and search dogs to protect
state borders, detect narcotics and psychoactive substances in busy
public places, and to ensure appropriate veterinary care for
dogs.
Canine experts from Belarus shared best practices on the use of
service and search dogs and stressed the importance and relevance
of service and search dogs in an age of high technology, which
offers myriad technological solutions to the security challenges
the world is facing.
Natalya Drozd, head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat said: “Today’s
workshop offered an excellent opportunity to share international
standards and national practices on the effective use of service
and search dogs in ensuring border security. The OSCE stands ready
to support the State Border Service of Turkmenistan by sharing the
best practices of the OSCE participating States.”
As part of the project, the OSCE Center in Ashgabat also organized
a study visit to Belgium that focused on the involvement of dogs in
protecting the state border. The visit enabled Turkmenistan’s State
Border Service’s canine officers to exchange experiences with their
colleagues from the Canine Department of the Federal Police of
Belgium.
The project is being funded by the governments of Japan and
Germany.
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