Britain is running out of sniffer dogs as they are being deployed for the Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow.
It will be policed by up to 10,000 officers a day and involve staff from 13 divisions.
This including firearms officers, dog handlers, mounted branch, search teams and the marine unit, as well as receiving assistance from forces across the UK
The build up of specialist capabilities has even led to a UK-wide shortage of sniffer dogs trained to find explosives. About 30,000 people are expected to visit the city during the event.
VIPs attending will include US president Joe Biden, the Queen and Pope Francis.
Police have launched a programme of searches at the SEC which will stage Cop26 from October 31, the biggest international conference ever hosted in the UK.
Event venues will be assessed by counter terrorist security advisers and officers will also install CCTV and hostile vehicle barriers to keep the talks secure.
Chief Inspector Bob Shaw, the police search coordinator for Cop26, said: “Police search teams work very closely with police dog units, particularly their explosive search protection dogs, and we also work very closely with dive and marine units in terms of confined space searching.”
In 2008, when G8 world leaders met in Scotland, there was sporadic violence on the streets of Edinburgh during protests.
