It's taken six weeks of intensive training but two of Greater Manchester Police's newest four-legged recruits are ready for action.
Aayla, a 15-month-old Springer Spaniel, and Murphy, a two-year-old Springador (Springer Spaniel cross Labrador), are now fully-qualified drugs, firearms and cash detection dogs having passed their training with flying colours.
The dogs will be seen patrolling the streets with handlers PC Mark Richardson and PC Rob Kinley.
Aayla was born at GMP after being bred specifically to be a police dog. The 'bundle of energy' has already visited areas in the city as part of her training, which has led to many successful finds.
The Springer Spaniel's handler PC Mark Richardson has previously appeared on TV screens as part of documentary series The Force: Manchester.
Posting on Facebook about Aayla, GMP said: "Despite her subdued look, she is a bundle of energy and power and her natural ability to search was shown on her course when she visited venues across Greater Manchester."
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Two-year-old Murphy was raised at Spaniel Aid, a Leicester-based charity that helps to rehome and train spaniels.
Carers soon spotted Murphy's potential and thought he would be well-suited to a working role.
"Murphy, a 2-year-old Springer Spaniel cross Labrador, came to us in February this year as an owner relinquishment," said Nicola Kebbell, Trustee for Spaniel Aid.
"It was immediately obvious that he needed a job to do as he was extremely bouncy, energetic and ball mad.
"We are thrilled and proud to hear he has passed his training to be a police dog with Greater Manchester Police and wish him and his handler well."
During his training, Murphy has been patrolling areas including Manchester Airport and Piccadilly train station.
Aayla and Murphy aren't the only dogs to have recently joined the force, either.
In October, GMP Tactical Dog Unit's Twitter account shared a photo of nine German Shepherd pups who will be trained up as police dogs.
The four male and five female pups were seen cuddling and playing with one another - a far stretch from the intense police work they will be carrying out when they are all trained up.
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