Hi I'm Toby, Warwickshire Police's first ever passive drugs dog

"I've just started working as a passive drugs dog for Warwickshire Police" said a two year old golden labrador cross.

"It's a great job as I get to meet loads of people. I also travel around the county quite a lot in my handler's van. I don't know why I'm called a passive drugs dog, because I'm always on the go all the time.

My job involves sniffing people and letting my handler know if they have been in contact with drugs.

I've got a very keen nose and I can detect whether a person has been in contact with drugs even up to 48 hours before! They don't even have to be carrying them at the time. I can scan literally thousands of people in a day's work on a busy street or venue.

Sometimes, if someone is using drugs, they are involved in other criminal activities and if I detect that someone has been in contact with drugs, it gives my handler the foot in the door to detain the person for a search and get an idea of what that person's activities are.

This can help to stop other crimes such as burglary, theft and car crime.

If drugs are detected, we can then search a person and if we find that they are carrying say the sort of equipment needed to break into a car, we can arrest them and bring them in for questioning.

Friends tell me I'm a lively happy sort of dog and I enjoy working and meeting people. I love playing and get into mischief sometimes. We train using this brilliant ball, it feels really nice when I bite it and makes a funny noise. Sometimes I get this out of the van when my handler isn't looking.

Sometimes I play with the other dogs here. Here is my friend Nala training with her handler, PC Friend.