Military and police departments often use dogs to find explosive devices using their superior sense of smell.
With the staggering increase of bomb threats since September 11, 2001, police and military forces have drastically enhanced their use of dogs to detect explosives. Because funds allocated to these departments are not always plentiful, applying for a grant is the logical choice to maintain safe, up-to-date protection forces for those departments lacking in funding.
Working Dog Foundation
Established in 1995 as a supplement to support and enhance the New Hampshire Police K-9 team, the Working Dog Foundation (WDF) has since extended its boundaries to include Massachusetts and Maine. The K-9 Academy is located on the Pease Air National Guard Base (Formerly Pease Air Force Base) and provides ongoing seminars in training, emergency K-9 care and tactics, using the United States Police Canine Association-sanctioned facility and bi-yearly certification programs.
To ensure the safety of the people, the WDF offers yearly grants and low cost classes to law enforcement organizations in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire that need but are not able to afford K-9 units. These grants can be applied to explosive detection training in addition to narcotics detection and general patrol work.
Working Dog Foundation
P.O. Box 5600
Portsmouth, NH 03802
Attn: George Joy, Grant Committee Chairman
603-664-7679
Geoljoy@aol.com
http://www.workingdog.org/downloads/Grant_application.pdf
Dogs Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime
The Dogs Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime (DAD/DAC) program in Indiana is dedicated to the betterment and education of law enforcement K-9 operations. Founded with the mission of using canines to help children understand drugs and how they impact society, DAD/DAC has since expanded and now offers grants to other law enforcement officers so they may continue working with canines in other areas of the country. Classes are also offered for K-9 units training in narcotic detection, bomb detection, patrol and dual purpose.
Dogs Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime
4012 W. 32nd Street
Anderson, IN 46011
765-642-9447
http://www.daddac.com/documents/Application%20for%20Financial%20Assistance.pdf
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
According to the website for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), ATF explosives detection canines are conditioned to detect explosives, explosives residue and post-blast evidence.
ATF began training dogs specifically for this purpose in 1986. To this end, a rigorous 10-week training course has been developed with the help of the ATF National Laboratory. The dogs are then evaluated by a test in which they must detect 20 explosive devices with two being unfamiliar. Upon successful completion of the test, the dogs are assigned to local, federal and foreign law enforcement agencies in need of explosive detection dogs. If your agency qualifies, you can receive one of these dogs free of charge.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Canine Training and Operations Support Branch
122 Cavalry Drive
Front Royal, Virginia 22630
540-622-6560
http://www.atf.gov/explosives/programs/explosives-detection-canines/
Worldwide Canine, Inc.
Worldwide Canines, Inc., based in Spring Branch, Texas, conditions dogs, to perform at state of the art levels in all facets of the skill of explosive detection. Like many of the other organizations listed, the dogs are trained, using a positive method of training, to assume a "sit" position when explosive material has been found. Materials include, but are not limited to, TNT, dynamite, smokeless powder, detonation cord and many other specialized and specific requests.
For grant information, contact Worldwide Canines.
Worldwide Canine, Inc.
185 Mitchell Drive
Spring Branch, TX 78070
830-885-5949
sales@worldwidecanine.com
www.worldwidecanine.com
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