TSA Deploys Canine Teams At Orlando Airport
The Transportation Security Administration said two new TSA canine teams would enhance explosives detection capabilities at Orlando International Airport air cargo facilities.
The teams, which consist of one canine and a TSA Transportation Security Inspector Canine Handler, “will primarily search cargo bound for passenger-carrying aircraft,” the agency said in a June 25 statement.
TSA canine handlers are non-law enforcement employees and complement the more than 600 TSA-certified state, local and federal law enforcement teams currently deployed nationwide to more than 90 airports and mass transit systems, according to the agency.
"Canine teams are one of the quickest, most efficient means of detecting explosives," said John Daly, Orlando Federal Security Director. "The two new TSA teams provide flexibility in searching air cargo and the ability to surge resources in other modes of transportation,” he added.
Orlando is the second city in Florida after Miami in which these TSA proprietary teams are deployed. Additional TSA teams will be deployed to airports with the greatest volume of cargo on passenger-carrying aircraft, the agency said.
