Originally Posted by
mauve
Do we know if these are drug or explosives trained dogs, or is TSA claiming they’re trained for both?
Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
TSA claims that they do not have drug detection canines used for baggage screening.
TSA dogs are NOT trained for narcotics detection. I know a fair amount about TSA's NEDCP and they quite simply do not train for other than explosives.
Other elements of DHS do train dogs for narcotics and other items, such as people, but TSA does not. Aside from that, almost no-one, and certainly no reputable trainer, will train a dog in both explosives and narcotics - the potential for catastrophic mistake is simply too high.