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Dogs hired to paw-trol major train station in ‘first’
Riley, Buster and Flo are on patrol to provide reassurance and act as a visual deterrent before retirement.
- Waterloo has become the first major station in Britain to deploy dogs on regular security patrols. Canine colleagues Riley, Buster, and Flo are providing "additional reassurance" to passengers during the three-month trial.
- Station manager Dan Harrison for South Western Railway and Network Rail Wessex said the initiative provides "visual deterrence" and is not linked to any increased security threat.
- Alpha Canine Specialists partnered with the rail operators to provide the security team, which consists of cocker spaniels Riley and Buster alongside Flo, a 10-year-old Labrador.
- Complementing the canine patrols, officials recently equipped staff with "new hi-vis tabards" to improve identifiability and upgraded body-worn cameras and CCTV systems.
- The three-month trial marks the dogs' final deployment before retirement as part of Waterloo's wider safety strategy designed to support both customers and colleagues.
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