Chicago report examines the gap with UK anti-spiking police dogs
The Chicago Sun-Times compares Thames Valley’s approach with police forces in Illinois.
Chicago Sun-Times · Robert Herguth·Original date: 26 Oct 2026
UK Ministry of Defence search dog, trained to detect explosives and photographed in 2011. Context image, not a dog from the new anti-spiking team. Photo: Harland Quarrington / MOD · Open Government Licence v1.0 · Adapted to the page format
Officials interviewed describe training focused on other drugs and legal or practical constraints on expanding detection. The report adds a US perspective to the British initiative.
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The report does not establish that dogs detect every substance or that this measure eliminates risk.