Hellenic Police uses specially trained dogs in order to guard or identify people or items as well as to detect drugs and explosive materials.
Each police dog has its own escort, who is a specially trained policeman. The dog is an integrated part of the escort`s family.
Police mainly uses Malinois or German Shepherd dogs to guard and identify people or items and German Shepherd, Labrador, Malinois or Golden Retrievers to detect drugs and explosive materials.