Cell Phone Detector Dogs

Maryland has three trained dogs that can sniff out phones smuggled into prisons, reports The Washington Post.

Each cell phone has a unique scent signature, according to an officer in a video showing the dogs at work, it's the same thing that makes it possible for a blood hound to track one person.

The first dog to sniff cell phones was called Murphy, he was a 20 month-old English Springer Spaniel in 2006 who had been trained in prisons across the East of England.

emily | 3:15 PM | Inmates and Cell Phones |
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