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A police dog handler who found fame on Britain’s Got Talent with his heroic alsatian is being investigated by his own force amid ‘welfare’ concerns for dogs in his care.
PC David Wardell and alsatian Finn reached the final of the ITV competition in 2019, wowing the judges and ten million viewers with their mind-reading act.
Judge Simon Cowell was moved to tears by PC Wardell’s account of how Finn was stabbed while chasing a suspected armed robber three years earlier.
PC David Wardell, who appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2019 with his alsatian, Finn, is under investigation by Hertfordshire Police over 'illicit breeding'
But Hertfordshire Police have now removed two other dogs – a springer spaniel called Pearl and another alsatian – from the officer’s care.
Sources suggest the disciplinary probe by the force’s Professional Standards Department focuses on claims that one of the dogs was used for breeding.
‘The dogs in question are being looked after elsewhere,’ a police spokesman said. PC Wardell, 46, has been put on restricted duties. He declined to answer questions at his Hertfordshire home yesterday.
Police dogs live with their handlers because of the importance of building a strong
