Ten New Explosives Detection Canine Teams Join TSA to Protect Against Terrorism

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ten new explosives detection canine teams joined the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program following graduation today at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

The canine teams are being assigned to airports in San Francisco; Miami; Boston; Los Angeles; Indianapolis; Cincinnati; Nashville, Tenn.; El Paso, Texas; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington D.C.

During the ten-week training program, law enforcement officers assigned to various airports are provided instruction on handler skills, explosives safety, and safe handling and accountability of explosives canine training aids. The teams spent much of their time searching for explosives in specialized indoor and outdoor training areas that resemble the airport environment, including aircraft searches where teams check cockpits, cabins and overhead storage bins. The teams also practice searching warehouses, luggage and a parking lot filled with cars, trucks, vans and buses.

"These ten teams are another example of TSA’s commitment to build upon our existing layered security approach,” said Dave Kontny, Director of TSA’s National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program. “Our partnership with local law enforcement agencies across the country enhances the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to provide a rapid deployable force of highly trained explosives detection canine teams to meet today’s security challenges.” ...

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