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"German Shepherd" is a breed of dog.

"Police Dog" is a job description.

German Shepherds are often used as Police dogs.

They're also common as pets.

And other breeds are also used as police dogs.

No, police tend to use German shepards, but most breeds of dog can be a police dog.

The Belgian Malinois is a very popular police dog.

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multiple things they are excellent guard dogs very good snifer dogs so useful for drugs and sniffing out criminals but when the police are with them they must wear special armoured clothing 2 protect them from harm if the dogs would bite

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Well, a German Shepherd is a specific breed which most police use... But a German Police Dog can be a Springer, Lab, Rottweiler or Dobermanns are popular.

There are many others but not really that popular.

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you are correct, but let me improve the answer if i may: a gsd is a breed which are used as police dogs. A German Police Dog is any breed of dog or any dog(regardless of breed or mutt) that is used in Germany as a Police Dog.

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ABSOLUTELY YES!!! This is because they are intelligent, loyal, and hardworking.

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I think WHITE German shepherd dogs can also be police dogs because color of German shepherd dogs' hairs are nothing do with their body and their mind.

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the dogs do not actually perform crime, but they help the officers in apprehention of criminal and smelling out drugs of people. shepards are excellet at it all.

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Most of the police departments have the dogs but they are not always German Shepard, they just have to be trained right, normally they have at least a little German Shepard in them though

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There are about 8,000 German shepherds used as police dogs in the United States.

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because they like to smell poo

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