Scent Security Life is unpredictable, anything can happen at any minute. With todays increasing use of transportation and interaction with many people, the need for more security has increased. The overlying purpose of our nations security is to protect and keep everyone as safe as possible. Life is a very valuable thing. In order to help keep ones life they have stay safe and prevent any unnecessary harm. Dogs are very useful to humans and help in many ways we don't always notice. Ranging from seeing eye and therapy dogs to search and rescue and prevention dogs; many dogs play important rolls in protecting and saving our lives. One of those roles is with the use of security screening done by dogs! Canines are trained with their handlers to sniff out specific scents and chemicals to improve the security of our nation with the use of specific resources and ethically appropriate ways within the Transportation Security Administration program. As the world’s population has been exponentially growing, the need for more efficient security follows. In our …show more content…
Steven M. Lord, the direction of Homeland Security and Justice Issues said it best, “Securing the nation’s vast and diverse transportation system is a challenging task that is complicated by the ever-changing and dynamic threat environment.” As of 2016 there are almost 1000 canine teams on duty with TSA across the nation, with three main divisions that branch into seven different categories in which the dogs can be put into (see figure 1) . The three divisions consist of Law Enforcement Officers (LEO), Transportation Security Inspectors (TSI) and Passenger Screening Canines (PSC). The divisions made up by aviation, mass transit, maritime, multimodal for both LEO and TSI, air cargo, and passenger screening. With the largest division being within the aviation field standing with over 500
The 16 dogs in this unit are used for different purposes. They have Patrol dogs and sniffer dogs. These dogs are trained because of their superior sense of smell, and ability to search and find in impossible places. K9 Unit uses their sniffer dogs in arson, tracking, detecting of explosives and narcotics. Each dog is bred and used for their unique specialities, for example, they use a Labrador to sniff for explosives because they have a very good sense of smell. It is important that the
The practical application of the defence power in an age of terrorism is difficult to determine, as it is reliant upon a set of circumstances that can have a plethora of different interpretations from a range of variant perspectives. Unlike some other powers, the defence power is purposive and elastic; it waxes and wanes, and its application “depends upon the facts, and as those facts change so may its actual operation as a power”[1]. Recent developments, such as the Thomas case, have led some theorists to comment that “the elastic of the defence power has become stretched all out of proportion”[2]. In its present interpretation, the defence
Macias Maximum Security (MMS) is a privately owned dual-certification canine service specializing in both patrol and detection capabilities. We are comprised of four facilities; two located in San Diego, California, two in Virginia Beach, Virginia and our headquarters building located in El Paso, Texas. We value the public-private relationship through the use of our canine services and capabilities, supporting airports and associated assets across the U.S. Our success supports the improving the level of efficiency in meeting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) objectives and requirements, lessen financial spending of taxpayer money, and the overall improvement in compliance and meeting TSA regulations, while sustaining the improvement of quality service and security for the public (Cellucci, 2010). Why does MMS invest highly in canine assets? As stated by TSA Administrator Hawley, the competence of canine supports the quickness and efficiency in explosive detection, as well as for their flexibility in searching cargo, and able to muster services at a moment’s notice (DHS, 2015). Within this report, we will elaborate the strong link in maintaining a strong, seamless public-private sector relationship while supporting TSA requirements. Our end-state supports the overall objective of the Transportation Systems Sector-Specific Plan in providing a “secure and resilient transportation system, enabling legitimate travelers and goods to move without significant disruption of commerce, undue fear of harm, or loss of civil liberties”
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Dogs are not just cute and fuzzy friends. Since it has been thousands of years that dogs have been trained to do things for humans, we can now count on dogs to do very specific jobs. For example, the article from the U.S. Department of Justice says, “Service animals are defined as dogs that are
Critics of dogs in law enforcement are beginning to attempt to remove dogs from law enforcement and to have them replaced by machines, however dogs are better for the scent based jobs their noses are at least 25 times stronger than a humans, dogs
“The United States Police Canine Association became the largest and oldest active organization of its kind- “Ever striving for the betterment of all police K-9” – in August, 1971 when two existing associations, the Police K-9 Association and the United States K-9 Association, merged” (O’Heare). These two organizations now know that strength is in unity. From these groups merged different types of canine from basic patrol dog to the scent specialty dog and final to the great detector dog. Law Enforcement requires canines that have outstanding performance and physical/psychological health. Also, canines should be balanced in aggression behavior and social play. There is an abundance of good and bad to learn about
As far as the law enforcement or a law enforcement dog the use of a dog is not considered a search even when in a airport for example sniffing luggage, bags, purses, briefcases, garbage(in a bag outside of a can ) example: United States Supreme Court CALIFORNIA v. GREENWOOD, (1988) No. 86-684, envelopes, because what the dog is doing, is “alerting” that something may be illegal
Security in America has evolved from the time of the first settlers to today’s well-trained forces. Factors leading to the significant growth of private security from pre-Civil War to post World War II consisted of a lack of public police and large monetary loss by private industry. Today, security is global and faces challenges and changes, with increases in terrorism and technology crimes. It must maintain a high level of professionalism and maintain technological innovation remain a respected industry.
The primary goal of the CBP Canine Program is terrorist detection and apprehension. The CBP Canine Program is critical to the mission of the Department of Homeland Security: "To Protect the Homeland." The program conducts the largest number of working dogs of any U.S. federal law enforcement agency. K-9 teams are assigned to 73 commercial ports and 74 Border Patrol stations throughout the nation.[4][5]
In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth Shakespeare indirectly characterizes Lady Macbeth through incorporating her heartless actions. For example, after Macbeth completes the unspeakable deed of murdering Duncan he becomes fearful and unwilling to transfer the blame of the murder to Duncan's servants. Lady Macbeth claims he is weak of purpose and childish because he is afraid. Additionally, Lady Macbeth demands he hand her the daggers as she will now hold the responsibility of smearing the blood on the servants so they seem guilty. After the deed is complete, Lady Macbeth acts as if she is unknown to King Duncan’s death. Through Lady Macbeth’s actions, before the murder and after, it is clearly evident that she is characterized as
“A dogs sense of smell sometimes out perform X-Rays and CT scans at detecting cancers at an early stage by simply smelling a persons breath or urine.” Everyone is able to breed a dog to function in many different ways and for many different reasons. Mow explains how this is possible through his short movie Science of dogs. “Because of intensive selective breeding by cross breeding different breeds for different distinctive types of physical appearances and behavioral attributes; you will soon create the dog you were looking for and it will also have a consistency of creating the same breed of dog by creating a new genetic code in the dogs DNA”. For example there is one breed of dog that has the best sense of smell in the entire world and they were created for one job and one job only. Klim Sulimov explains what dog this is and how it was formed on the Science of Dogs, “The Sulimov dog has the best sense of smell in the whole entire world, and they were successfully created to identify explosives, he bred a Jackal with a Lapland Herding Hound, a Reindeer Herding Hound, a Fox Terrier, and a Spitz. Creating a dog that is highly trainable dog and a superior snout”. All these hybrid breeds are so successful because of how the dogs DNA is formed. The discovery of deciphering the dog genome was discovered by the Researchers at the National Institutes of Health on The Science of Dogs “Every piece of DNA is made up of four different chemical components
November 13, 2015, Paris and several other countries experienced simultaneous terrorist attacks on their soil. In the light of these events, countries have spent outrageous amount of money on increasing their security in the past. However, before the world goes and spends outrageous money on something that doesn’t work, let’s ask ourselves, do we really need more security ? The consequence of spending money in inefficient security is that it cripples the capital from other important things such as fixing the aging infrastructure. Security is suppose to make people safe, not make them just feel safe which is called security theater. A good example of a security that is inefficient and requires a lot of capital to run would be the TSA(Transportation Security Administration).
National security, in the 21st century, has shifted from the focus on traditional threats (armed forces) (Siddiqi, 2013) to the integration of new threats and challenges, which have global consequences as the world evolves. Climate change has been increasingly identified as a serious contemporary security threat (McDonald, 2013), nationally and globally, instead of an environmental concern (Dupont & Pearman, 2008). This challenge presents a long-term global threat, with substantial human, national and transnational security repercussions (Wuebbles, Chitkara & Matheny, 2014). Furthermore, Wuebbles et al. (2014) acknowledge climate change as a threat multiplier, seen to exacerbate stresses (i.e. conflict, instability and poverty), enhancing the global importance of the issue as recognised as a critical national security risk. In perceiving climate change as a threat multiplier, this essay will recognise how the issues cumulative progression and consequences interacts with existing security issues, directly and indirectly challenging national security (Brown, Hammill & McLeman, 2007). Secondly, the long-term risk of climate change will be discussed, analysing the importance of implementing adaptation strategies for risk protection and vulnerability reduction. Finally, being a transnational security threat, global cooperation will be addressed, stressing the importance of internationalism and collaboration to protect against this evolving threat to national and
Many of us have tragic things that happen in our lifetime weather it's an injury , death or a illness.. Something unexpected always Happens.. Every summer since the age of 5, my parents would allow me to attend Church of God Church Camp in Tifton .. It was the one place they knew that I'd be safe at, but Little did they know this year, I would come home with a Torn ACL, MCL and Meniscus in my left knee.