Missing woman found unconscious and suffering severe hypothermia in secluded woodland by police dogs

A missing woman was found unconscious in a secluded woodland after police dogs tracked her scent.

The vulnerable woman went missing in Wakefield shortly before Christmas.

A huge and extensive search team was sent to find her.

After 12 hours had passed since her last sighting, the Dog Section was deployed.

Police dogs PC Ollie and PD Diesel were sent to a rural location.

They, alongside human officers PC Elaine Entwistle and PC Chris Booker, conducted an intensive search across the vast golf course and dense wooded areas nearby.

Several hours after the officers had regrouped they continued the search covering a new route.

The dogs indicated the presence of human scent and directed the officers down into a further secluded wooded area.

This is where the female was located, unconscious but breathing.

They immediately administered first aid, warming the patient gradually using police clothing and offering verbal reassurance until she came around.

The female was cold to touch and suffering from severe hypothermia.

The place in which she was found was totally inaccessible to the emergency services, but by good luck the groundsmen in the area allowed officers the use of a golf buggy to transport the woman to the easiest point of access for the ambulance.

A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said: "There is no doubt that had the dog units not found this lady at the time they did the outcome would have undoubtedly been fatal.

"This is an excellent example of effective partnership working and officers doing their very best to keep the residents of West Yorkshire safe."