DETECTOR DOG TEAM TRAINING INNOVATIONS
2023 NACo Achievement Award Winner
San Diego County, Calif., CA
Best In Category
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.