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A sniffer dog has been successfully trained to detect a tree disease as part of a “groundbreaking” project to protect the UK’s woodlands. ... with a first-time 89% detection rate ...
Detection dog training in U.S. Navy military for drug detection An English Springer Spaniel on duty as a detection dog with the British Transport Police at Waterloo station. A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, currency, blood, and contraband electronics such as illicit mobile phones. [1]
The Italian bee has been used for pollination for over 150 years. Sniffer bees or sniffer wasps are insects in the order Hymenoptera that can be trained to perform a variety of tasks to detect substances such as explosive materials or illegal drugs, as well as some human and plant diseases.
The Los Angeles Times noted in November 2010 that PETN's low vapor pressure makes it difficult for bomb-sniffing dogs to detect. [20] Many technologies can be used to detect PETN, including chemical sensors, X-rays, infrared, microwaves [52] and terahertz, [53] some of which have been implemented in public screening applications, primarily for ...
English Springer Spaniels have long been used as sniffer dogs by police and the military to detect explosives, drugs, and weapons. These gun dogs, traditionally used to flush out and retrieve game ...
The Transportation Security Administration says they're looking for homes for retired explosives-detection dogs, as well as the ones who didn't quite make it through the rigorous training program ...
Florida v. Harris, 568 U.S. 237 (2013), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court addressed the reliability of a dog sniff by a detection dog trained to identify narcotics, under the specific context of whether law enforcement's assertions that the dog is trained or certified is sufficient to establish probable cause for a search of a vehicle under the Fourth Amendment to the United ...
Despite the convenience of the Fido explosives detector, trained sniffer dogs remain the best available detection system for explosives. [6] Researchers have noted that the device still faces issues with a relatively low detection rate (89 percent) and a relatively high false alarm rate (27 percent). [ 29 ]