Meriden, CT. (April 11, 2016): The Connecticut State Police K9 Unit is proud to, once again, be the first in the world for having trained a specialized K9, the first Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) dog. On April 15, 2016 the second class of K9 teams, known as computer K9 teams, or ESD dogs, will graduate. Computer K9 Teams are specially trained to locate items associated with computers and cell phones. The Connecticut State Police K9 Unit successfully trained and deployed the first Computer K9 teams into the field in 2012 when The Electronic Storage Detection dog program was started. The State Police K9 Unit and the State of Connecticut Forensic Lab were asked to determine if a dog was capable of searching for and finding electronic…
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