EXPLOSIVES DETECTING DOGS, FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 7127
• Author(s): M KRAUSS
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 8 pages
• Grant Number(s): DAAD 05 70 C 0347; NI-71-051
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Army
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF DOGS CAN BE TAUGHT TO DISCRIMINATE THE ODORS OF COMMERCIAL DYNAMITE, BLACK POWDER AND PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES.

Abstract

INITIAL DISCRIMINATION TRAINING ESTABLISHED HEXACHLOROETHANE AS A PRACTICAL SURROGATE ODOR. TRANSFER TO THE VARIOUS EXPLOSIVES PROVED EASY. SEARCH BEHAVIOR, BOTH ON- AND OFF- LEASH APPROPRIATE FOR SEARCHING BUILDINGS, WAS DEVELOPED. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EFFORT, FIVE TRAINED DOGS WERE DELIVERED TO THE ARMY'S LAND WARFARE LABORATORY. FOR A COMPLETE MANUAL OF THE PROJECT'S DOG TRAINING PROCEDURES, SEE TRAINING DOGS FOR EXPLOSIVES DETECTION, NCJ-07128. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED