RCMP wins US Security Award for fentanyl dog training
NEW YORK- The RCMP’s Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) was honoured this week at the 2017 Homeland Security Awards ceremony in New York for its innovation in the fight against illicit fentanyl.
Recognized for developing a technique that safely trains dogs to detect the powerful opioid, the PDSTC earned a platinum award.
American Security Today, a digital publication, profiled the technique after the RCMP announced it would train all of its 139 narcotics-profile dogs across Canada.
In February, the RCMP held a two-day workshop on canine fentanyl detection, hosting 35 participants from across North America at the Police Dog Service Training Centre near Innisfail.