Police puppies are shown live on web cam

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Zhaoyang Bo

Puppies in South Yorkshire Police Dog Training Centre

South Yorkshire Police have switched on a web cam to show off their new police puppies and the process behind training them.

Ten German Shepherd puppies were born between the evening of Monday 11 April and the early hours of Tuesday 12 April 2011.

These puppies all have temporary names, according to the colour of their dog collars.

See the puppies live

They will remain at South Yorkshire Police Dog Training School with their mother, Goldie, until they are seven weeks old. People can watch live footage of the puppies below.

Video streaming by Ustream

The puppies will live with ‘Puppy Walker’ volunteers, who will act as their foster parents until they are approximately one-year-old and big enough to begin their initial police dog training.

Dog training school manager, Harry Morton, said: “This is the fourth litter born at South Yorkshire Police and it’s great to have the new arrivals around.

“It is a busy time when a new litter is born but Goldie and her pups are doing exceptionally well, and thankfully, all are fit and healthy. I hope that people enjoy watching the pups’ progress over the next few weeks.”

New volunteers wanted

South Yorkshire Police Dog Training centre are also looking for new ‘Puppy Walkers’ volunteers. You do not have to be an experienced dog handler to volunteer – you just need to like dogs and have a basic understanding of their behaviour. They will provide all equipment, food and veterinary care.

For more information on how to get involved, please contact the South Yorkshire Police Dog Training Centre on 0114 2202020.

Road accidents in South Yorkshire at record low

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Alexandra Rucki

Springvale Road Sheffield

The number of deaths and serious injuries on South Yorkshire roads have hit a record low, the police have said.

South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership (SYSP) report that 435 people were killed or hurt in 2010, down by 530 from 2009.

The main causes of road accidents in South Yorkshire were loss of control and excessive speeding.

Reckless driving and failure to look properly also caused road accidents.

Chief Superintendent Keith Lumley from South Yorkshire Police and Chair of SYSP said: “The Partnership is pleased that we are continuing to achieve a reduction in the number of fatal and life threatening collisions in South Yorkshire.

“However although these figures have improved dramatically since county-wide figures were first recorded in 1979,we still need to do more.”

SYSP plan to reduce casualties by targeting people who drive whilst on their mobile phones, encourage more people to wear a seatbelt and stop dangerous driving.

They will also visit schools and improve roads.

Ken Wheat, Manager of SYSP said: “Despite this success we can’t be complacent and we will pro-actively seek to achieve continuous improvement in this vital area of public health and wellbeing”.

In total 34 people died in South Yorkshire road accidents last year.

Body found on Page Hall Road in Fir Vale

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Hanne Poulsen

By Hanne Poulsen, Wei Yan and Ruth Etherington

A body of a young man has been found in the Fir Vale area near Burngreave, Sheffield, early this morning.

Emergency services and police were called to the junction of Page Hall Road and Hinde House Lane and cordoned off the area at 5:30am this morning, March 28th.

The police are not able to disclose more information at this time.

The street was still closed as the South Yorkshire Police detectives are currently conducting investigations into the circumstances of the death.

The street’s residents had to be escorted by the police from their house to the cordon when entering or exiting the area.

Witnesses, in the highly ethnic neighbourhood, said they suspected the victim had been shot and that the crime was drug-related, but the police did not want to comment on these allegations.

Anyone with information is urged to call the police on 0114 2202020 quoting incident number 119 of the 28 March.