A newly hired police dog has been praised after he found a missing mother and toddler on his first shift.
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Max the two year old German shepherd discovered the pair on the edge of a ravine in a remote part of Powys on Saturday, after they were declared missing a day or two ago. They reportedly spent the night outside.
After they were helped down my mountain rescue, they were checked over by mountain rescue doctors and helped further by ambulance services.
Inspector Jonathan Rees-Jones said: “The woman had not been seen or spoken to for two days, which was out of character, and her phone wasn’t working, so naturally concern for her safety was high.”
There was “a vast area to cover given the amount of time she had been missing”, and they were given a lead once they found the woman’s car in the area. As mentioned by the inspector though, there was still a large area to search and every minute that went by was not to be wasted.
“Despite only recently becoming licensed, and on his first operational shift, he immediately commenced an open area search.“
They were found after only an hour of searching, which included help from other search and rescue forces.
“They were safe, but cold, and appeared to have been in the area for a significant amount of time,” he said.
“I must give a special mention to PC Pete Lloyd and Max, who on their very first day since completing their training together covered a significant amount of mileage in the search, eventually locating them safe.”
PC Lloyd said he was “really pleased.”
“Max remained focussed throughout the long search and he proved invaluable.”
What a good boy.
