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RIP Roger De Caluwé
We heard the sad news that former colleague, retired police officer Roger De Caluwé, passed away on April 4 at the respectable age of 92.
Roger De Caluwé was a contemporary of my late father John Van der Borght.
They worked for the Ghent police force for 40 years.
 
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As a novice police officer, 25 years ago, I made the fantastic discovery that Ghent was the first force in the world that ever started using dogs in their force.
And a colleague from Ghent had done research into this and the result of that research became his book: The first Belgian Police Dogs 1899 - 1914, the story of a Ghent experiment that conquered the world. That turned out to be Roger De Caluwé.
 
Photo left: The first dog handlers and their dogs posed proudly in the courtyard of the kennel. On the far right is the caretaker, police sergeant De Meyer. In the middle is his wife who took care of the feeding and care of the dogs.
 
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I visited Roger at home twice to learn more about the book. Each time I was received very warmly by Roger and his lovely wife.
 
Photo right: Roger De Caluwé in uniform during his active service.
 
Roger has passed on the police blood with his genes because a son also became a police officer and also a grandson.
 
With this short article we would like to show our respect and condolences to all of Roger's family.
 
We are very grateful to Roger for his work as an amateur historian and author about the unique history of the Ghent police force.
 
As proud residents of Ghent, we hope to introduce our readers in the future to the work of author Roger De Caluwé and the history of the first police dogs.
 




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Photo left : another article in a newspaper
Photo right : another article in a newspaper

 
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Photo left: one of the first Ghent police dogs


Photo right: an article in the newspaper about the book of author Roger De Caluwé in 1995
 

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Photo left : press kit at the presentation of the book of Roger De Caluwé


 
 
Axel Van der Borght
Posted on : 26 april 2024
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