Hi yohigrad,
Since the majority of canine use in public safety does involve
?drug, bomb, body detection?, this was a challenging question. There
is a great deal of overlap, since even hospital canine security would
involve dogs trained to sniff explosives and drugs.
However, I have found a number of examples of canine security and
public safety. I have tried to omit areas you were not interested in
such as bomb, drug, and cadaver, as well as helper and aide dogs. Some
of the web sites were informational only, and had no contact
information, so I have tried to include an ample number of sites for
your perusal.
Maritime Safety:
?The Coast Guard has used canines often in its history. IN WWII
canines were deployed on beach patrols and pier watches to aid in
detecting enemy spies and sabatours. Throughout the history of the
service, canines have been used in search and rescue and narcotics
detection. Explosive detection canines are a pilot program. This
program is perfect for the MSST mission. As Homeland Security becomes
greater focus for the Coast Guard and the Nation, early detection of
threats is crucial to the safety and security of our shores and
waterways.?
http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/msst91103/canine.htm
Contraband:
?Perhaps the most unusual dog job is featured in the last profile in
the book ? the story of Tammy, the Border Collie who sniffs out
contraband abalone on fishing boats. Abalone is an endangered
shellfish gathered off the coast of South Africa and traded against
international endangered species regulations; Tammy?s keen nose has
resulted in many arrests of abalone smugglers, a success that resulted
in death threats. To protect her, the marine protection unit gave her
a personal guardian, a German Shepherd named Mac, a trained police
attack dog with years of experience against drug dealers. Now Tammy
finds the contraband abalone and Mac chases down and subdues the
poachers.?
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/dogswj.html
Keeping kids off drugs:
?Since 1993, well over 500,000 American children have been learning a
valuable lesson with the help of man's best friend. DAD/DACTM members
? police officers and their highly trained K9 partners ? have been
teaching that lesson. Many of these special dogs were donated to
police agencies by DAD/DAC, and members of this organization are
encouraged to visit young children in schools with their K9s to
deliver a strong anti-drug message that is entertaining as well as
educational. The program is called Puppy Patrol?
Email Addresses:
General Questions = office@daddac.com
Puppy Patrol = puppypatrolk9@daddac.com
Law Enforcement = office@daddac.com
Membership = office@daddac.com
Donations = office@daddac.com
Website Advertising = webmaster@daddac.com
President, Darron Sparks = dsparks@daddac.com
Vice-President, Capt. Benny Diggs = bdiggs@daddac.com
Treasurer, Kevin Banker = kbanker@daddac.com
Secretary, Wendell Nope = wnope@daddac.com
Webmaster = webmaster@daddac.com
Dogs Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime
4012 W. 32nd Street
Anderson, IN 46011
Phone:
Toll Free Phone = 888-323-3227
Local Phone = 765-642-9447
Fax = 765-643-7781
http://www.daddac.com/puppy_patrol.htm
Fish and Wildlife Violators:
?Five retriever-breed dogs, along with the five FWC law enforcement
officers who are assigned as their handlers, completed a 10-week,
400-hour training program. The training focused on training dogs to
assist the agency?s Division of Law Enforcement in apprehending fish
and wildlife law violators and criminal suspects. The dogs also
assist handlers in finding evidence, article and suspect searches and
search and rescue operations.?
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Contact: Capt. Paul Ouellette (850) 488-5600
http://myfwc.com/whatsnew/03/k9grads-st.html
?In 1991, the DNR Enforcement Division deployed specially trained
wildlife protection service dog teams to assist conservation officers
in the field while performing law enforcement duties. The dogs proved
invaluable in their ability to deter natural resources crimes by
detecting concealed evidence, uncovering hidden game and locating
persons concealing themselves.?
http://www.outdoorcentral.com/mc/pr/04/03/09b8.asp
Hospital Security:
I have actually ?met? these dogs while working in a Banner Hospital.
(You?re not permitted to pet or touch them) The dogs wear an employee
badge, with a photo, just like we human employees, on their collars!
?The only hospital system in Maricopa County with dual-purpose patrol
and explosive detection K-9 units, Banner Health Security invested a
great deal of time in the selection, training and certification of
Ware and Friega.?
http://www.bannerhealth.com/channels/media/press+releases/k9.asp
?Nightwinds trains Hospital Security Dogs to provide security for the
hospital's employees, patients, and visitors. These trained dogs are
proving to be a substantial deterrent to crime and a great public
relations tool in the hospital environment.
Hospital Security dogs are carefully selected for their drives to
perform the patrol aspect of the job, and also for their temperament
to work with and around employees, patients and visitors.?
520-631-6293 e-mail ramsey@starband.net
http://www.nightwinds.com/law/law.html
?Our Hospital Security K-9 teams have proven reliable in the following
four areas:
A) Patient Therapy
B) Making the staff feel more secure, arriving and departing
the facility in times of darkness.
C) Psychological Deterrent, to potential problem makers.
D) Help security officers in effecting an arrest?
http://www.policedogs.com/hospital.htm
Prison Security:
?The Dog Training Professionals, for Detection and Protection Training .
At K9 Centre.com we specialise in the training of dogs, handlers and
teams for ALL working situations including, bomb detection dog
training ( E.D.D. Explosive Detection Dog Training ), drug detection
dog training, police service dog training, security patrol dog
training and puppy and obedience training. Australia?s dog training
centre for handlers, dogs and teams.
e-mail info@k9centre.com
http://www.k9centre.com/about_us/gallery/security_prison_guard/security_prison_guard.html
http://www.cdc.state.ca.us/CommunicationsOffice/PublicSafetyPS/securePrisons.asp
Churches:
Patrol dogs protecting a church
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=316&sid=201089
Accelerant Detection:
This includes gasoline, paint thinner, turpentine, diesel fuel and more.F
http://www.vpwda.com/Update-pdf/ACCELERANT%20DETECTION%20TEST.pdf
?During the past several years, accelerant detection dogs have become
commonly visible at fire scenes. These professionally trained dogs can
detect various flammable and combustible liquid odor residues found at
fires scenes. Canines have the ability to detect these odors at low
levels. The canine is a valuable tool that can assist the fire
investigator in locating these flammable and combustible liquid odors
at fire scenes?
http://www.bill.grimmer.com/firedog.htm
Article Search:
e-mail cpwda1@attbi.com
Connecticut Police Work Dog Association
http://cpwda.com/article4.htm
Virginia Police Work Dog Association
k9donations@vpwda.com
http://www.vpwda.com/Update-pdf/ARTICLE%20SEARCH%20TEST.pdf
Smuggled Fruit and Vegetables:
?The United States Department of Agriculture employs docile, friendly
Beagles to discover forbidden items, such as fresh fruit, vegetables
and meat products that are carried in on international flights. The
noses on these Beagles are so sensitive that they can smell a single
clove of garlic, wrapped in a sealed plastic bag and placed in the
center of a large trunk.?
http://www.allpets.com/petcyclopedia/dogs/topic.asp?id=518
?The AQIS Detector Dogs help to protect Australia's flora and fauna by
preventing the entry of exotic pests and diseases. A team of friendly
Beagles work in and around our International Airports. They have an
extraordinary sense of smell, which helps Quarantine Officers to seize
about 15,000 items a month. Another team works in our international
mail centres. Learn about their passive and active response programs
and how the dogs are trained?
http://www.pets.info.vic.gov.au/02/os_aqis.htm
Detecting mold:
??Man?s best friend? has been used for years by military and law
enforcement agencies to detect bombs and drugs, among other things. In
Europe, dogs have been used to detect mold for over 20 years.
Mold Dog trains, certifies and sells mold-detecting dogs and offers a
free web-based information and referral service for insurance and real
estate professionals and homeowners.?
Call us at 800-665-3364
http://mold-dog.com/
http://www.apartmentownersassociation.com/articles/2003/Jul/06MoldDogs.pdf
Border Patrol:
?The U.S. Border Patrol canine program began in October 1956, when the
Border Patrol purchased surplus sentry dogs from the military. Patrol
inspectors retrained the German shepherds and Doberman Pinchers to
support the Border Patrol mission. In the late 50s, Congress put a
hold on the program.
Interest sparked in reviving the program in 1986, and the regional
commissioner for the southern region gave the go ahead to a one-year
pilot program. In January 1987, four Belgian Malinois were trained to
detect concealed humans, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and
methamphetamine. Two of the dogs were sent to the Laredo sector, and
the other two to the McAllen sector in Texas.?
http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/CustomsToday/2003/May/bpk9.xml
Czech Border Patrol
http://www.alfaheimshepherds.net/images/History%20of%20Czech%20Border%20Patrol.htm
Anti-social behavior:
?Dogs are also used in areas where there are large crowds, for example
at football matches, or other places where there maybe incidents of
anti-social behaviour. Specialist dogs are trained to search for
drugs, explosives and fire-arms. For this work, Springer Spaniels and
Labradors are often used because of the breeds natural tracking
abilities. As the threat of terrorism has increased these specialist
police dogs have become even more important to the police.?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/fighters/policedogunit.shtml
Avalanche Dogs:
This probably falls under your topic of ?Body detection?, but it?s an
unusual search method, so I?ve included this site. (Plus the hope is a
?live victim: and not a dead body)
http://www.gssd.org/
e-mail
info@gssd.org
http://www.comdens.com/SAR/avitrn-overview.html
Crisis Response:
?Similar to search-and-rescue dogs, the 60 crisis-response teams
throughout the country go anywhere they are needed. The difference is
that Hope Crisis dogs help rescue people emotionally. Ehlers, an
animal behaviorist, started Hope Crisis after she and her therapy dog,
Bear, helped students cope with the aftermath of a high school
shooting in Oregon.
At the school, Bear, a keeshond, made her way to five withdrawn
teenagers in different parts of the library. Some students talked to
the fluffy black-and-gray dog; others held her and cried. Then, with
Bear by their side, the teenagers spoke to mental health
professionals?something they had refused to do before, Ehlers said.?
e-mail pawspet@comcast.net
http://www.animalassistedcrisisresponse.org/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1108_021111_dogswithjobs.html
Guard Dogs for predator control:
http://www.case-agworld.com/cAw.LUgdogs.html
Security Dogs:
These dogs also detect alcohol, but primarily are used for security.
e-mail contact@llewellynsecurity.com
From Toronto area - - -Call (905) 566-5220
http://www.llewellynsecurity.com/Llewellyn%20Dogs/ours/kennel.htm
Llewellyn also provides Golf Course security!
http://www.llewellynsecurity.com/noframes/nfgolf.htm
Scat sniffing dogs:
?Dogs are being used to sniff out the scat of endangered species like
wolves, kit foxes, grizzly bears?even right whales. The feces of these
animals are a treasure trove for researchers, yielding valuable
information about the animals, including population size, fertility,
gender, stress, and extent of home range.? Could this be helpful in
catching poachers?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1001_031001_scatdogs.html
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_abst_e?cjz_z04-020_82_ns_nf_cjz
The addresses of contact people on this site may nor may not interest you.
Board members of the North American Police Work Dog Association
http://www.napwda.com/info/
Not connected with law enforcement, but dogs can sniff out some
diseases. This article discusses cancer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2006037.stm
Military
?The Army Quartermaster Corps began the U.S. Armed Forces first war
dog training during WWII. By 1945 they had trained almost 10,000 war
dogs for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Fifteen War
Dog platoons served overseas in World War II. Seven saw service in
Europe and eight in the Pacific. In 1951 the responsibility for
training military dogs was given to the Military Police Corps. Dogs
continued to serve the armed forces with distinction in Korea,
Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan and Iraq and many recent
contingency operations.?
http://www.qmfound.com/War_Dogs.htm
Mine Detection:
?In 1999, The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) launched the K9 Demining
Corps Campaign to increase the number of highly trained mine detection
dogs in severely contaminated countries. Why? Simply put, dogs are
critical to saving lives and easing the scourge of landmines. Though
no one solution exists for the global landmine epidemic, mine
detection dog teams are today the most efficient and effective tool
for detecting landmines in a majority of affected countries.?
http://www.marshall-legacy.org/k9_demining_corps/k9_demining_corps.html
http://www.marshall-legacy.org/k9_demining_corps/lebanon.html
Messenger Dogs:
?Since the function of scout dogs was to give silent warning of the
approach of any enemy they were trained for use principally with
reconnaissance and combat patrols at outposts. Their chief tasks were
to warn of ambushes or attempts at infiltration?
http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/dogs_and_national_defense.htm#Scout%20and%20Messenger%20Dogs
Infantry Scout Dogs:
?Army scout dog training is currently being conducted in CONUS by
using units. A few sentry dog replacements are also being trained by
the 26th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon at Fort Benning, Georgia. As long
as the Quartermaster Corps is responsible for the procurement of
animals for military purposes it will be necessary to maintain a
minimum staff in the Office of The Quartermaster General to provide
the unique skills required to administer procurement programs, and to
form a nucleus organization capable of expansion in the event of an
emergency. Current staffing is one full-time civilian employee and one
Animal Purchase Board to function as needed.?
?In the Army as a whole, there remains a small number of sledge dogs
on duty in Alaska; 4 sentry dogs in the Caribbean Command, used to
protect over 43,000 circuit miles of subterranean cable valued at
approximately $2 ,000 000; and approximately 250 in the Far East
Command and 500 in EUCOM (European Command) as of 1 November 1957.?
http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/dogs_and_national_defense.htm#Use%20of%20Dogs%20in%20Combat
Extracting Information from prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55703-2004May25.html
?Today, combat dogs are trained to find and alert troops to booby
traps, mines, ambushes, and to act as decoys in drawing enemy fire.
Other dogs are trained to use their advanced sense of smell to search
for downed airmen and locate hidden contraband in the military's drug
intervention program. According to the Pentagon, more than 30,000
military dogs have served since World War II. About 1,800 dogs are now
in service.?
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa112000a.htm
Canine Units Contributed to Security at Chechen Referendum:
?Some 200 canine units were involved in providing security at the
referendum on the Chechen Republic Constitution, Yury Korolev, deputy
chief of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Russian
Interior Ministry's Criminal Police, told the press on Tuesday. He
said that 44 polls were checked during the referendum. As a result,
the K-9 units discovered 7 explosives and 120 units of ammunition.
"There are currently more than 200 canine units in Chechnya," Korolyov
said. "They are working on a permanent basis on Chechen territory, at
checkpoints and on the administrative borders with other constituents
of the Russian Federation." According to Korolyov, in February-March
2003 alone, K-9 policemen spotted 382 kilograms of explosives and 547
explosive devices. In addition, sniffer dogs helped the police to
discover and confiscate 33 units of small arms, 7,256 units of
ammunition and 3 kilograms of narcotic substances.?
http://english.pravda.ru/politics/2003/04/08/45760.html
An interesting article on the work of dogs
http://www.worldtravelcenter.com/jetstream/newsweather/newsletter/mar01/article1.html
What is the work of dogs in this country?:
?Last month Sara Corbett told us about the Lost Boys, Sudanese
refugees between 8 and 18 years old separated from their families and
forced on a thousand mile march from Sudan, to Ethiopia, to Sudan, to
Kenya. Half died on that trip, of hunger, thirst, alligators. A few of
them were rescued and delivered to places like Fargo, North Dakota, in
the middle of winter. "Are there lions in this bush?" one asked,
riding in a car to his new home from the airport.
Peter touched my shoulder. He was holding a can of Purina dog food.
''Excuse me, Sara, but can you tell me what this is?'' Behind him, the
pet food was stacked practically floor to ceiling. ''Um, that's food
for our dogs,'' I answered, cringing at what that must sound like to a
man who had spent the last eight years eating porridge. ''Ah, I see,''
Peter said, replacing the can on the shelf and appearing satisfied. He
pushed his grocery cart a few more steps and then turned again to face
me, looking quizzical. ''Tell me,'' he said, ''what is the work of
dogs in this country?'' [New York Times Magazine, April 1, 2001]?
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000012.html
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