"Can you smell me now?" Phone sniffing dogs in AZ prisions

[havocmom]

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/294353.php

The Arizona Department of Corrections has found a new item for dogs to detect: cell phones.

The department has four dogs that are either working or being trained to work in one of the state's 10 prisons to search for cell phones being hidden by inmates, officials said.

Cell phones are banned in prisons. Prisoners found with phones can face disciplinary action and even criminal charges, depending on the severity of an incident in which a phone was used.

Inmates can use the phones to conduct criminal activity, including drug transactions and gang business, beyond prison walls, said Ralph Pendergast, trainer for the service-dog program and an administrator with the Corrections Department.

Cool, until some criminal groups start putting bounties on these dogs' heads like they did to some really effective drug sniffers a few years back.

[lapfog_1]

1. They don't call them "cell phones" for nothing!!! - n/t

[havocmom]

2. LOL Point taken

:rofl:

Thanks for that, I need a laugh after the news outta Califonicateyou just now