A runaway driver was chased down and arrested by a police dog.
Dog officer PC James Coupland was on patrol with Police Dog Rambo when a suspect car was spotted in Arnold at around 1.40am on Wednesday (12 October) morning.
In the moments that followed the car travelled at high speed through residential areas before being abandoned in Kilbourne Road.
A suspect fled from the car but was chased down and detained by Rambo, who was struck several times around the head as his handler rushed to the scene.
A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, theft of a motor vehicle, driving without insurance, and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
He has since been released on conditional police bail.
Rambo, a lively Belgian Malinois, lost some fur during the incident but was otherwise uninjured.
PC James Coupland, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a great bit of work by Rambo, who once again proved that he’s a lot faster than even the quickest of runaway suspects.
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“On this occasion he took a few knocks for his troubles, but it certainly doesn’t seem to have bothered him.”
