In the first six months of 2026, National Police canine units helped locate 309 people, including 177 children. This was stated in response to an inquiry LIGA.net…said Andrii Niebytov, Deputy Head of the National Police and Chief of the Criminal Police.
For comparison, in 2025, canine units helped locate 465 people, 228 of whom were children.
Service dogs are most frequently deployed to search for children who have become lost or run away from home, elderly people who have lost their way in the forest, individuals with memory impairments, and people requiring constant care due to their health condition.
One such case involved the search for a boy with Asperger’s syndrome in the Khmelnytskyi region. In September 2025, a service dog named Archie found the child under a tree in a marshy area after a three-kilometer search, effectively saving his life.
Throughout 2025, the dog Archie carried out 32 deployments and located six minors. Such searches are often conducted in forests, in marshy terrain, or in situations where every hour can be critical to saving a child.
Service dogs are also deployed to search for explosives, weapons, and narcotics, assist in solving crimes, and provide psycho-emotional support to veterans and children.
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