Within six days from September 16 to 21, in the Sverdlovsk Region, 79 police teams competed in the skill of work on various profiles during the Russian MIA All-round Championship, and also exchanged experience. More than 400 employees of law enforcement bodies and 227 service dogs of different breeds took part in the competition. In the course of a stubborn struggle, the strongest teams and the best in the profession were identified in this legendary service. The results of the tournament were shared by the spokesman for the regional police chief Valeriy Gorelykh.

"The championship that took place first of all demonstrated the skill of participants in the team, since the dog handler with the dog is already a team whose success depends on the interaction and mutual understanding of the partners," said Lieutenant General Mikhail Borodin, head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region..

In the end, Andrey Malyshev from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Novosibirsk region scored the most points in search and detection of drugs, the second place went to Andrei Pankratiev from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Kurgan region and the third to Viktor Kabakov from the GU MVD of Russia in the Stavropol region.

Tatyana Luzhenkova from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk region, "silver" Ruslan Rodygin from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kirov region and "bronze" - Svetlana Bozhenova from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk region, took the search and detection of explosives..

In the search profile at the first step of the pedestal was Marina Eremina from the GU MVD of Russia in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, second place in Tatyana Tsareva from the GU MVD of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the leader of the three leaders Alexander Konarev from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Belgorod region.

Among the teams divided into two groups, the winners were the cynologists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk region and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kirov region, the second - the GU MVD of Russia for the Altai Territory and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Volga Federal District, the third - the MOI of Russia for the Novosibirsk region and UT MIA of Russia for the North-West Federal District.

In addition to the cups, souvenirs and certificates, the gold medalists in both groups were also given the keys to Lada Grant cars.

"I would like to express my deep gratitude to all those who were involved in the preparation and holding of the Championship of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the all-round events of the representatives of the cynological service, which this year marks 108 years. Everything went well, "said Colonel Sergey Kachkin and handed the applause to his colleagues from the head of the Cynological Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region, Colonel Oleg Vanichkin, the keys to the new machine for use in the work of the unit.

Valery Gorelykh, the official representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region, also took part in the opening and closing of the championship, despite the fact that in the 21st century, dogs are still indispensable assistants to law enforcement agencies. Only in the Sverdlovsk region in eight months of 2017, the cynologists and their assistants traveled 2483 times to the scene of incidents. With the participation of service dogs, 1062 crimes were discovered.

In all, 357 service dogs "serve" in the Sverdlovsk garrison of the police, 94 of them work on the trail, 23 specialize in the search for explosives, 16 drugs, 4 work to locate the bodies of the deceased, 25 carry guard duty, 40 in the escort units. Dog handlers and their pets go to search for missing people, to kill, robberies, robberies and thefts.

"In the importance and usefulness of their work, there is no need to convince anyone. Just one example. In March 2017, Sergeant Tatiana Vasilieva with her search and rescue dog Radha prevented an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of drugs into the city of Lesnoy. When inspecting the Ford Focus, Rada found a package containing 16 kg of narcotic substance, "said Colonel Gorelykh.

In 2018, a similar championship will be held in the Vologda region.