Oldest City Goes to Dogs
ST. AUGUSTINE — Amer-i THE. POLICEidepartment
lea's oldest city Is fast going there is accepting male dogs
to the dogs — a call from the
city police department for
donation of 15 German shepherds has thus far netted seven . of the beasts, all from
white donors in various parts
on the state.
-^ ,
civil rights deaden here regard the move s& a new twist
in the "Down - Negro" reign
of terror that city and county
officialdom' has unleashed in
St. Augustine.
Ever since Birmingham's
police commission Bull Connor set the fashion by sicdng
police dogs on Negro demonstrators, numerous other
Southern communities have
followed suit, the Ancient City
being the latest to go for the
la*
only, and they must be physically fit and between the
ages of 10 months and three
V
Though in their present untrained state the dogs are not
known to be partial to dark
meat, they will be put through
a 16-week training course, after which they will attack anybody at i the command err the
white officer to which each Is
assigned.
After training, the dogs will
also stop attacking upon being
commanded * to do so, after
which the victim will be perfectly safe in petting them.
The dogs will also be taught
to track and to search build
ings, and some will ride in police prowl cars.
STUDENTS of ruling techniques have long recognized
the widespread use of police
dogs as s sure sign of an uneasy dictatorship trying to
stay .on top of an unfree peo»
The Nazis introduced the
system all over Europe, and
the French tried, unsuccessfully, to hang onto Tunis and
Algeria with dogs.
Vice Mayor Harry Gutter-
man, and City Manager
Charles Barrier, are among
the city fathers taking a keen
interest in the four-legged additions to the police force.
Police Sgt Frank Copeland
will be in charge of the local
program, with training assistance from Eugene Duval of
the Jacksonville Beach police.
Oldest City Goes to Dogs
ST. AUGUSTINE — Amer-i THE. POLICEidepartment
lea's oldest city Is fast going there is accepting male dogs
to the dogs — a call from the
city police department for
donation of 15 German shepherds has thus far netted seven . of the beasts, all from
white donors in various parts
on the state.
-^ ,
civil rights deaden here regard the move s& a new twist
in the "Down - Negro" reign
of terror that city and county
officialdom' has unleashed in
St. Augustine.
Ever since Birmingham's
police commission Bull Connor set the fashion by sicdng
police dogs on Negro demonstrators, numerous other
Southern communities have
followed suit, the Ancient City
being the latest to go for the
la*
only, and they must be physically fit and between the
ages of 10 months and three
V
Though in their present untrained state the dogs are not
known to be partial to dark
meat, they will be put through
a 16-week training course, after which they will attack anybody at i the command err the
white officer to which each Is
assigned.
After training, the dogs will
also stop attacking upon being
commanded * to do so, after
which the victim will be perfectly safe in petting them.
The dogs will also be taught
to track and to search build
ings, and some will ride in police prowl cars.
STUDENTS of ruling techniques have long recognized
the widespread use of police
dogs as s sure sign of an uneasy dictatorship trying to
stay .on top of an unfree peo»
The Nazis introduced the
system all over Europe, and
the French tried, unsuccessfully, to hang onto Tunis and
Algeria with dogs.
Vice Mayor Harry Gutter-
man, and City Manager
Charles Barrier, are among
the city fathers taking a keen
interest in the four-legged additions to the police force.
Police Sgt Frank Copeland
will be in charge of the local
program, with training assistance from Eugene Duval of
the Jacksonville Beach police.
