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September 29th, 2009 | 
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On April 2nd 2009 the EU commission has issued a regulation clarifying and updating the methods allowed for screening in the Avsec arena.
That new regulation has enlarged the scope of use of dogs, which enables users (Airports, Airlines) to use this tool with some real added value in certain scenarios.
This document is aimed at summarizing the fields of screening in which dogs are accepted, under the standards for use of dogs being set by the EU in the EU Avsec doc 5211.
Source of Information:
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 272/2009
Of 2 April 2009
Supplementing the common basic standards on civil aviation security laid down in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
| Field of Screening | Section of Document | Dogs allowed before April 2009 | Dogs allowed after April 2009 |
| Persons (passengers and employees) at Check points | Annex, Part A section 1.d | No | Yes |
| Cabin Baggage and items carried by passengers at Check point | Annex, Part A section 2.e | No | Yes |
| Hold baggage, cargo and mail as well as air carrier mail and air carrier materials to be loaded into
The hold of an aircraft |
Annex, Part A section 3.e | Yes. Only for Cargo as set in Doc 2320 | Yes |
| Examination of vehicles, aircraft security checks and aircraft security searches | Annex, Part D.c | No | Yes |
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Tags: airport dogs, Airport Security, aviation security, EU regulations, K9 | 
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What is an explosive detection dog or “EDD”?
specially trained dogs can be used to detect explosives using their noses, which are highly sensitive to odors. This method has been used since the early 70’s and has been given the famous name of “K9” (short for “canine”).
vehicle screening by an explosive detection dog
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These dogs are taught by expert trainers to identify the scents of several common explosive materials and notify their handler upon detection of one of them. The dogs indicate a ‘hit’ by performing an act they were trained to do, generally consisting of a passive response such as sitting or lying down.
Explosive detection dogs can memorize up to 12-15 different scents. They are trained on the scents which are required by regulators and which change from time to time. Once a canine has been trained, adding a new target scent is a matter of approximately 10 days.
Detection dogs, also called “sniffer dogs,” can detect any substance that produces a scent. These include: narcotics, tobacco, banknotes, weapons and even cell phones.
Explosive detection dogs (EDDs) are frequently used for cargo security screening at airports and in cargo warehouses and for other anti-terror tasks such as:
- Baggage screening
- Vehicle search (on or off leash)
- Clearing of public places
- Aircraft search
- etc.
EDDs work in teams consisting of the dog and its handler. Sometimes an EDD team will be based on two dogs per handler, depending on required tasks.
Cargo screening by an explosives detection dog
Why DiagNose’s dogs are unique
DiagNose dogs are unique because of the following facts:
- DiagNose is a private international K9 company with three main training facilities, located in France, the UK and the Netherlands .
- DiagNose combines the best practices from all three facilities into a set of high standards.
- DiagNose EDD training is based on combat and work experience of trainers from four countries and from various milieus, such as army, police and customs.
- DiagNose employs a senior manager in charge of quality control and standards.
DiagNose offers explosive detection dogs worldwide
DiagNose offers top-quality explosive detection dogs, available in stock.
Our training methods are based on experience from all four of our training centers.
• Our dogs are being trained on real explosives
• We train on non-standard as well as standard explosives, including PETN as standard training.
• Each dog is being certified by local police / army authorities
• Dogs are in top medical shape
• We can provide young dogs and/or older, more experienced dogs according to client preference
DiagNose can provide the following EDD applications:
- Trained dogs only – usually for K9 units looking to enlarge their dog inventory with highly trained canines
- Trained dogs + training of handlers– for customers who wish to build a new K9 unit.
- Building of K9 unit from scratch
- K9 services – DiagNose provides services based on its own EDD teams (dogs and handlers), mainly for cargo screening and explosives detection in ports, border crossing points, security at public events, etc.
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