DETECTOR DOG TEAM TRAINING INNOVATIONS

2023 NACo Achievement Award Winner

San Diego County, Calif., CA

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About the Program

Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Detector Dog Team Program practices innovative training methods that increase the teams’ proficiency and ability to find invasive pests and diseases that could potentially harm local agriculture and the environment. The Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures’ (AWM) two Detector Dog Teams help enhance our inspection and surveillance activities related to plant products entering the County via parcel delivery facilities and airfreight terminals. Our Detector Dog Teams are the first line of defense against invasive pests and exemplify the efforts that AWM takes to ensure the sustainability and health of our local environment and ecosystems.

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