K-9 EODS BENEFITS
The System is designed to optimize the detection ability of the dog by eliminating distracters (factors harmful to the detection process of the canine). This unique detection environment maximizes the odor detection capabilities of the dog to a degree never before experienced in the canine target odor detection industry.
Not only does the System allow the canine to detect target odors without approaching or touching a subject, it allows the canine to detect significantly better than in a traditional field testing environment. The System is a revolutionary advancement.
Safer
Unlike in field sampling scenarios, the canine does not approach subjects, much less come into physical contact with them in any way. In fact, the canine and handler may be completely hidden from subjects' view, eliminating the anxiety sometimes felt, or expressed by subjects who are afraid of dogs.
More Thorough
Whereas typical field sampling protocol provides testing of a sampling of subjects, EODS applications allow screening of each and every subject by passing them through the System. In addition, EODS sampling requires a fraction of the time required to effectively field search a subject.
More Accurate
K-9 SOS, the sister company to K-9 EODS that conducts field searches with canines, attained a non-productive response rate of 1 in 65,000 during 500,000 searches over more than two years of actual field searches. K-9 EODS believes that, based on experience and testing so far, it can improve that result to one non-productive response per million searches.
Versatile
A System can be configured to meet customer demands, typically by retrofitting existing facilities. A System may include a sampling room up to 60 by 100 feet. Subjects may be pedestrians, vehicles, cargo containers, or items on a moving conveyor. The target odor may include explosives, narcotics, chemical weapons of mass destruction, or other odors the client may wish to target. In addition, a client may help control items being improperly removed from a facility by "tagging" them with target odors known to the canine. Such items might include computer components or storage media.