K-9 teams from around North America train with ATF in Arden Hills
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Some of the most highly trained explosive-detecting dogs from around North America are in the Twin Cities this week for training.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is certifying 30 teams in finding new kinds of explosives based on current threats.
ATF instructors wouldn’t say which specific explosives they’re training the K-9s to find because they don’t want criminals to know they know what they could be using.
Thirty teams from Canada and states in the Upper Midwest are getting National Odor Recognition Testing and certification, also known as NORT certification, at the Arden Hills Army training center.
They’re here for three days, and the training concludes with testing. Each dog must identify 10 different kinds of explosives.
(KSTP)
ATF experts say dogs actually do a better job than any kind of technology invented by humans.
NORT training also allows K-9 handlers to exchange information on trends and best practices from other international, federal, state, local and military K-9 teams.