About us – Wags Retired Police Dogs

Our team

Our Team

By David Cricthley / 12th January 2024

Trish Parker

VICE CHARITY CHAIR & VOLUNTEER AND EVENTS COORDINATOR Trish is an independent Trustee from the Wiltshire Police Area.

Our Team

By Megan / 11th January 2024

Deborah

Deborah is the Secretary for WAGS and is currently working within Avon and Somerset Police. Deborah has almost 20 years...

Our Team

By Megan / 10th January 2024

Megan Haldane

Megan is a Trustee currently working for Avon and Somerset Police. She is also a Registered Veterinary Nurse and has...

Our Team

By Megan / 10th January 2024

Graham Heathfield

Graham is an independent Trustee and Chair for the charity from the Avon and Somerset Police Force area. He has...

Our Team

By David Cricthley / 1st December 2016

Becca

Becca is a Trustee from the Wiltshire area and loves all things dogs. She has two chocolate Labradors and has...

Our Team

By David Cricthley / 1st November 2016

Dave

WEBSITE DEVELOPER David is an independent member of WAGS. David kindly developed and maintains our Website for free as a...

Our Team

By David Cricthley / 4th October 2016

Emma Young

WAGS Trustee & Social Media Coordinator Emma is an independent trustee from the Wiltshire area who loves dogs.

Our Team

By Megan / 10th January 2015

Chloe

Chloe is a Trustee currently working for Wiltshire Police. She is the proud owner of three rescue dogs! Chloe is...

Our Team

By Megan / 9th January 2015

Ashleigh

Ashleigh is a Trustee from the Wiltshire Police area. She has a love for all dogs and even brought a...

WAGS Volunteers Scheme

2022 has seen the implementation of our new Volunteer Scheme. We are delighted to welcome 30 new Volunteers to our fundraising team from across Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset.

WAGS MASCOT – ELMO

On December 18th 2017 Five year old Police Dog Elmo sadly died unexpectedly from illness, he had a stomach torsion and twisted spleen. Known as Team Black Dog, Elmo worked alongside his handler our Chair Andrew and PD Jake in Avon & Somerset. Elmo on the Reginal criminal work shield in 2016 and 2017. Elmo was the overall Phase 3 Winner of Obedience and Criminal Work Champion in the National Police Dog Trials in 2017.

To honour the memory of Elmo we would like to introduce you to our mascot Elmo

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