K9

Real-Time Biological Target Detection in Operation Environments by Dogs

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DEA Warns of Fentanyl's 'Unprecedented Threat' to Cops, K-9s

Fentanyl, the powerful painkiller more than 50 times stronger than heroin, has become so prevalent that the Drug Enforcement Administration is warning police and first-responders not to touch or field-test drugs they suspect contain it.

Calling fentanyl an "unprecedented threat," the DEA released a video to all law enforcement agencies nationwide about the dangers of improperly handling the drug and its deadly consequences -- especially to drug-sniffing police dogs.

K-9 Sniffs Out Hidden Electronic Devices

The cops have dogs that sniff out bombs, dogs that detect drugs and dogs that find people. Now, state police K-9 expertise is going high tech, with an yellow Lab named Winnie who is trained to zero in on criminal suspects’ hidden computers.

Finding electronic devices and the evidence they hold is a growing problem for investigators in the Internet age, said Trooper Christopher MacDonald, Winnie’s handler.