Leo, Mumbai police’s six-and-a-half-year-old canine sleuth, has earned recognition from Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Satya Narayan Chaudhary for helping the Powai police locate a missing child within an hour and a half. Leo is a Doberman, a German breed, and has been crucial in solving police cases ranging from murder, kidnapping, missing persons and housebreaking.

Chaudhary saluted Leo and appreciated his handler, Constable Bhau Saheb Shinde, for the detection. At the end of the year, Leo would be given a certificate for his achievement.