Police dogs trained to sniff out electronic devices storing child porn, other illegal items

Police dogs trained to sniff out electronic devices storing child porn, other illegal items
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Selma, a black Labrador, and Thoreau, a golden Labrador, may have flunked out of guide dog school, but they've found their calling as crime fighters.

The pair couldn't cut it in New York City's Guiding Eyes for the Blind program, so instead they have been trained to help investigators find electronic devices that might store things like child pornography or fake documents, Bloomberg reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.