Nice dogs.
https://www.amny.com/news/a-new-bree...ting-the-city/
The NYPD’s newest canine members are truly bred for the job.
The four-legged constables, known as Transit Enhanced Detection Dogs (TEDD), are truly one of a kind, according to Lieutenant John Pappas of the NYPD Transit Bureau K-9 Division. While much of New York came to a screeching standstill during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, his unit went into overdrive, using the time to hone the specialized training of their four-legged officers by creating their very own breeding program.
This unique rearing procedure was developed to aid in the training of TEDD dogs who have been in service covertly for a little over half a decade but are only being officially unveiled now. These hairy bomb experts can discover the odor of an explosive device in seconds.
“It’s the first time in the history of the Police Department that we’ve had a canine breeding program. It’s very difficult to do but very worthwhile,” Pappas said. “Another aspect that’s unique is our tread program. We basically came up with a way, in the NYPD’s transit pure canine unit, to detect unconventional explosives using an electronic suite that we made onto an explosives detection dog. It’s a very useful thing, and we’re the only ones on the planet doing that. The only police agency in the world that uses it.”
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