West Mercia currently has 55 dogs of varying breeds, who live at the homes of their police handlers, and have been trained to sniff out criminals and stolen property, deal with violent or armed offenders and
keep guard at football matches and incidents of disorder.
Mr Matthews said, 'One stood outside to
keep guard, and another was waving the machete around.
Mr Haines said a scuffle broke out at the front of the house between Daniel Campbell, aged 21, of Roseberry Avenue, Bell Green, Coventry, and Mr Kyle junior, who managed to free himself and went back into the house to
keep guard at the front door to stop anyone else from entering.
From now until the end of July RSPB wardens and an army of volunteers will
keep guard on the little terns at Gronant beach 24 hours a day.
RAIL workers battling to
keep guards working on trains held their 44th strike yesterday - with no end to the deadlock in sight.
The RMT held a series of strikes as its campaign to
keep guards won wide public support.