To see how difficult it is to hide from the police, we re-join new police dog recruits Nando and Ice as they carry on with their intensive training.
Using the grounds of the Darley Moor Sports Centre near Ashbourne, the two German Shepherds were training to search for people while on a lead.
We have already witnessed how well the dogs can find people when they are let loose as I came face to face with an angry looking canine while tempting my luck to hide within a disused Derby hospital.
Trainer Dave Heaps explained: "You have seen how well the dogs can find either missing or wanted people when they are allowed free to roam. But imagine that you are called out to a crime scene in the centre of Derby, the schools have just turned out, the shops are busy and a criminal has gone to ground.
"With the best will in the world and even the most highly trained dog, you couldn't release a dog to search in that environment. Therefore we have to train them to search while on a normal dog leash."
Armed with the knowledge that I would soon have a police dog hot on my tail, I chose to hide behind one of the sports centre offices, rather un-cleverly hidden under a pair of old curtains.
Trying to remain still and attempting to look as un-human as possible it wasn't long before I could hear the heavy breathing of a German Shepherd. Then after a few nose pokes and a couple of taps with its paw, nothing, had I escaped? No. The thunderous roars of Nando barking literally inches from my eardrum left me in no doubt that my escape was over.
Trainer Dave Heaps adds: "Even for me as an experienced dog handler, it's very un-nerving hiding in the dark under a blanket waiting for a dog to come and find you. What's even worse about the exercise is when the dogs bark close to your ears. You emerge into the daylight with your ears still ringing. It's like somebody clashing a cymbal around your ears."
It soon became clear that if I were on the run, it's not worth hiding. Ice's handler PC Dean Allen added: "Some people think that if they clamber into a wheelie bin or sneak into a shed they will be okay. I might not be able to see them, but it's not me they are hiding from, and you can't hide from a dog."
Nando's handler Paul Seymour said: "In the past I have had people jump into compost heaps because they think the smell of rotting vegetation will hide them, it doesn't. A dog's sense of smell is awesome, there is no hiding place. Needless to say the wanted person who decided to hide in the compost was caught, they just looked like an idiot covered in potato peelings."
And for those of you considering clambering onto a roof or up a tree, there is no escape there either. PC Paul Seymour adds: "We have had people lying out of sight on a flat roof, but all that happens is the dog barks from further away. It's soon obvious that if a dog barks towards a building the person hiding is probably on the roof."