New Staffordshire Police pups named
Staffordshire Police's newest members of the force have now been named after a public poll.
Following an agreement with one of Europe’s top breeders of working dogs (K9 Core) two German Shepherd Dog puppies were chosen from a litter of seven as police dog candidates to be supplied to the force.
Quite often litters will have a theme for the names and for this litter the letter ‘M’ was chosen.
K9 Core owners Richard Harrison and Jess Dunsdon, decided to name the male puppy Maunders, after dog handler police constable John Maunders, who has worked at Staffordshire Police for 29 years.
PC Maunders has been part of the dog unit team for 14 years, been involved in the training of more than 30 dogs.
The name of the future crime fighting female pup was decided by way of a public vote.
Facebook users had a choice of either Maya or Meg and after a five-day-long Facebook poll and more than 21,000 votes her name has finally been chosen as Maya.
Both PD Maunders and PD Maya will join the force at the end of July, and undergo initial training to socialise them and get them used to the environments that they will be working in as general purpose police dogs.
As they join a unit of 20 handlers and 30 dogs, Staffordshire Police will continue to document their progress as part of the year long #Pup2PD campaign.
