‘She has lots of superpowers’: Meet Nebraska State Patrol’s new tech-sniffing K-9

LINCOLN — LINCOLN, Neb. (KMTV) — Meet Scooter, the only active police service dog in Nebraska trained in finding hidden electronic devices. Her primary purpose with the State Patrol will be assisting in child exploitation cases.

  • Video shows Scooter training to find a few devices hidden at the NSP headquarters.
  • Scooter’s handler and investigator Neil Trantham shares how the two will work together as a team going forward.
  • Scooter is ready to start working with the team, but her training will continue two to three times a day to develop her skills.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

She’s the newest addition to the Nebraska State Patrol. Meet Scooter, the only active police service dog in Nebraska trained in electronic storage detection — ESD for short.

“Alright, Scooter, alright. You ready to go to work? Okay, let’s go to work.”…

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