Valkyrie Police Dogs

26/10/2025

Good boy Santo 🚔🚔😁

26/10/2025

What a start!!!! Good boy Santo! 🚔🚔😁😁😁

A newly qualified police dog made an impressive start to his crime-fighting career—by sniffing out four suspects on his very first shift.

PD Santo, a lively Belgian Malinois licensed for duty earlier this month, was called to assist in the search for four individuals who fled from a car following a brief pursuit on Friday night (17 October).

The vehicle, reported to have been involved in a fuel theft earlier in the evening, was spotted on Watnall Road, Hucknall, and abandoned shortly afterwards in nearby Rockwood Crescent.

PD Santo was deployed on his tracking line and quickly detained two young men hiding in dense woodland.

Once those initial suspects were handed over to other officers, Santo was redeployed to the woods and soon located another two.

All four suspects were detained at the scene but were released a short time later pending further inquiries.

Sergeant Nick Dachtler, of our Dog Section, said: “As first days at work go, this was a really impressive performance from Santo.

“With darkness all around and no aerial support at the scene, the hopes of everyone involved in this operation rested on his shoulders—and more importantly, his nose.

“After finding his first two suspects, he more than lived up to the promise he showed during training by going back and finding two more.

“It really was an exceptional start to his policing career—made all the better by the fact it was also his birthday.”

23/10/2025

23/10/2025

PD Freya 😁🚔

22/10/2025

Well done Max!

PD Max has been busy 🐾

Following concerns for a person who had left their address, Max and his handler were called in to help locate them. Our four-legged officer used his nose to guide his handler straight to the person, who was then able to get the help they needed 💙

Later, after a car crash where the driver fled the scene, officers were worried that they may be injured – so Max was on hand to lend a helping paw. He tracked through tough terrain and found them hiding in a wooded area, where they were arrested for multiple driving offences 🚔

Paw-fect work that goes to show our dogs, and their handlers, are always ready to spring into action when needed👮‍♂️🐕

Gwent Police - Roads Policing & Dog Section

21/10/2025

Good girl Freya 🚔❤️

PD Freya and her handler were asked to help their Serious Organised Crime colleagues with some arrest enquiries earlier today 🐾

The team were positioned at the back of the property when Freya’s handler spotted a male matching the description of their suspect 👀

Freya then led mum down a long lane where they then successfully detained the person!

Incredible work from this dynamic duo 👮‍♀️🐕

20/10/2025

Happy Birthday Maxy!! ❤️❤️🚔🚔

Tongue out if it’s your birthday 🤪

Please join us in wishing the gorgeous PD Max a very very happy birthday - we’re sure he’s getting lots of treats on his special day 🎈🎂🐾

17/10/2025

Happy Birthday PD Freya ❤️❤️❤️🫶🫶🚔🚔🚔

It’s PD Freya’s birthday 🥳

Our new girl on the block is celebrating her special day today and we’re sure she’s being spoilt rotten 🤩

Join us in wishing her a very very happy birthday 🎂🎊🎈

14/10/2025

Check out PD Santo aka Faro who is now operational for Nottinghamshire Police 🚔 🫶

08/10/2025

Yay well done Rocco 🤩🤩🚔

NEWS: Suspected wine thief mulls over actions in the cells

We know it’s a little bit early to mention ‘Christmas’…but we want to share with you a little tale of how our officers and PD Rocco stopped a mulled wine thief in his tracks. 🎅

Over the weekend (Sunday 5 October) a trailer and container with over £110,000s worth of mulled wine on board was stolen from the Kent area.

Yesterday, (Tuesday 7 October) as the HGV, believed to be being driven on false registration plates attempted to transport the container through South Yorkshire, a plan by roads policing officers and a dog handler was put into action.

The officers brought the vehicle to a stop on Hooton Road, it wasn’t long before the driver fled the vehicle and attempted to run.

Quick on his paws, PD Rocco and his handler challenged the suspect and within seconds he thought against running and surrendered. 🐶

Officers carried out a search of the shipping container and trailer and found approximately 26 pallets of mulled wine on board.

The 45-year-old was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, driving without a licence or insurance, driving while disqualified, and following a search of him, possession of Class A and Class B drugs.

Roads Policing Inspector Matt Collings tells us more, he said: “Our role as roads policing officers is to create safer roads and intercept those who use the road network to commit criminality; although the two seem separate, they are interlinked in so many ways.

“We know that those involved in criminality are more likely to take greater risks on the roads and this driver is a true example. He was a disqualified driver, in possession of drugs, driving a vehicle and trailer with the ability to cause serious damage and fatalities if involved in a collision.

“This was a great result for officers who recovered the stolen property and arrested a suspect.”

The man has been remanded into custody for driving offences, and released on police bail while for theft while our investigation progresses.

Great work by the Operational Support Unit and PD Rocco.

28/09/2025

Yay TPD Storm aka Steve! 🤩🤩🤩

🌟😍 Have you seen our newest recruit yet?! 😍🌟

Birthday boy Storm is 1 today!! 🎉 🎂 We think he’s got the best birthday 🎁…… he has passed his assessment and will now become TPD Storm!!! ⛈️

He’ll be spending some time at home with his handler ready for learning the ropes next year. Welcome to the team TPD Storm! 🐕 ⛈️ 💙