00:00 Police dogs, mainly German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois, have a long history and are commonly used in law enforcement.

04:13 Police dogs have a long history in Europe, with the first recorded police dogs in France in the 14th century and bloodhounds being used in the Jack the Ripper case in London in 1888, but police dog programs in the United States were disbanded for a few years due to lack of proper training until they started coming back in the 1950s and became widespread in the 1970s, with a boom in demand for police dogs after 2001.

08:31 Police dogs are often paid for with drug money that has been seized, and their sense of smell is about 50 times more sensitive than a human's, making them highly effective at sniffing out drugs and other substances.

12:56 Police dogs undergo obedience training, which is crucial for their role as patrol dogs and their ability to listen to their handlers, preventing potential issues and ensuring their effectiveness as part of the police force.

17:43 Police dogs can undergo specialty training to detect drugs, bombs, and accelerants, and they are trained to associate the scent of these substances with their favorite toy, making their work more like play.

21:42 Police dogs in the Beagle Brigade are trained to sniff out illegal produce and can also be used for patrol work, such as sniffing lockers in high schools and businesses, and their alerts are considered probable cause for a police search.

26:20 Police dogs have a high false positive rate, leading to innocent people having their property searched, and there have been cases where dogs have given false alerts that resulted in wrongful convictions.

30:27 Police dogs are treated like regular cops and have the same protections and laws, including being considered officers and facing serious consequences for harming them, and they are highly efficient at searching for drugs.

35:18 Since 1940, 2000 police dogs have died in the line of duty, with 29 dying from being left in hot cars since 2007.