Danish police officer Peter König was police dog handler from 1976 through 1988. He and his wife and had just bought a house in the suburbs, and couldn’t afford two cars. As a police dog handler he had to be available 24/7, so he bought a 1956 Nimbus outfit for transport. It was used for riding into the city year round.
His police dog ’Judo’ sat in the sidecar. During summer the dog would occasionally jump out at a red light, take a quick leak at a lamppost, and get back in the sidecar before the lights changed. In winter it was nice to have the sidecar when on icy roads, but still it was a cold ride in snow and sleet.
One nice summer evening they were on their way home from work, and saw a young guy with bloody hands. Calling in vain for him to stop, Peter König then shouted he’d send the dog for him, if he didn’t stop. The guy looked back, saw no dog, and continued.
Then he shouted another ”stop, or I’ll release the dog!”, and then ”get him!”. Out jumped Judo, the guy made it another eight inches or so, whereupon the dog had him by the arm in a flying tackling, never seen better on a soccer field.
Thus Peter Köning got the be the only police dog handler making an arrest from a motorcycle.
Later he lent the motorcycle to his brother, from whom it was stolen. By then Peter König had transferred to the traffic police section, covering all of Denmark. ”I believe I stopped every single Nimbus I saw”, he says. (to check if they were his stolen bike)
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