Increasing involvement of dogs as part of security enhancement

More than 4,000 police dogs will be deployed nationwide to the frontlines to fight violent and terrorist activities, a senior official from the Ministry of Public Security said.

Amid an upgrading of national public security and counterterrorism operations, the number of police dogs is far from enough, said Cong Min, director of the police dog technical training department of the ministry's criminal investigation bureau.

Currently, 15,000 police dogs, including seven breeds such as the German shepherd, Labrador and springer spaniel, most of which were imported from Europe, have been working with police officers to combat criminal activities including terrorism.