Police handler sues after noisy dogs affect his hearing

A police dog handler is suing his force for £15,000 claiming the barking of the dogs has damaged his hearing, according to a report in The Herald today. According to the report, Constable Alan Ross, a dog handler for around half of his 28 years in the force, claims the vans used by Grampian Police to transport the dogs were not properly soundproofed, even though they had been warned about the problem. Mr Ross maintains that in 1998 the soundproofing issue was indentified and that industrial ... (148 more words)

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