Watch the moment fugitive hiding in toilet is flushed out by police dog – National
West Midlands Police dog Neon and his handler, PC Steve Wain, were called to Walsgrave, Coventry, to help track down a man who had rammed a police vehicle.
Officers pulled over a Vauxhall van at around midday on Thursday but moments later the vehicle moved backwards and collided with their patrol car.
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Hide AdOfficers set off in pursuit before the driver crashed into a parked car and escaped behind a row of terraced houses.
Video released by the force, which can be viewed in the embedded tweet above, showed the German Shepherd, one of their longest serving, picking up a scent at an outside toilet where he began barking at the closed door.
‘It was Neon's indication there was a human scent behind the toilet door,’ said PC Wain.
‘I gave the warning to come out or I intended to kick the door... and whoever was inside would have come face to face with Neon.
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Hide Ad‘Wisely, the man chose to step out and was quickly arrested; we then found he'd removed an outer layer of clothing, trousers and a top, and stuffed them down the toilet.’
A 34-year-old man - who gave his address as Morley in Leeds - was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and released under investigation.