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US sets canine program for air cargo inspection
WASHINGTON, March 14 (WorldACD) - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Friday announced a new canine program to enhance explosives detection capabilities in air cargo facilities nationwide.
The launch of this program marks the first time that TSA is training its own employees to be explosives detection canine handlers.
The agency will train and certify more than 400 explosives detection canine teams, composed of one dog and one handler, during the next two years. Eighty-five of these teams will be TSA employee-led and will primarily search cargo bound for passenger-carrying aircraft. The first TSA teams began training in January and graduated today after a 10-week training course at Lackland AFB, San Antonio. The teams are expected to be fully operational this Summer.
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