Key Benefits - Vapor Wake Detection

Non-disruptive, does not impede traffic flow

• intended for use where large numbers of people require rapid screening for explosives - airports, train stations, major events

Noninvasive, detection dogs sniff air - not people

• canines sample plumes of air coming from persons and what they are carrying as they pass through a choke point or within a crowd - dogs identifies sources without invading people's privacy

Mobility

• detection dogs can work all types of venues (airports, shopping malls, train stations, major events), while explosives detection and checkpoint screening equipment is stationary. After explosives are identified, the dog can continue to work the choke point while security is notified and the source is followed covertly, or the canine can track the source through the crowd.

Deterrence

• canine teams provide a strong visible and psychological deterrence against criminal and terrorist acts

Unpredictability for terrorists

• detection and screening equipment can be learned and compromised
• each canine detection dog is different; terrorists cannot pre-determine ability and responses triggered

 

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