| Oregon State Police Drug Detection Canine Program |
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The Oregon State Police (OSP) Drug Detection Canine program plays an important supporting role in helping detect illegal drugs and other evidence on our highways and in local communities. Drug detection dogs are an invaluable resource on and off the highway. Oregon State Police Drug Dogs and their handlers have been instrumental in seizing several hundred pounds of Marijuana, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, other illegal drugs and stolen property.
OSP has strategically placed nine dogs with specially trained patrol troopers around the state. Their training includes an intensive drug detection handling course and a certification process to detect the odors from controlled substances including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. The dogs’ keen sense of smell is vastly superior to that of a human and therefore is invaluable in conducting searches of vehicles, buildings, storage facilities, luggage and other environments and locations.
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| Meet OSP Drug Dogs |
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Program Contact: Dave Beck
Phone: (541) 618-7946
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