By Inside CDCR
In February 2019, eight teams completed CDCR’s K-9 academy. They’re part of the CDCR K-9 program expansion, slated for completion in April 2019, that will result in 76 teams supporting prisons throughout the state. Many of the K-9s are rescue dogs.
From January 2017 to December 2018, CDCR K-9 teams discovered 14,335.9 grams of marijuana, 343.5 pounds of tobacco, 7,109.1 grams of methamphetamine, 4,025.9 grams of heroin and 24,910 phones.
The K-9 teams are part of an expansive contraband interdiction program that includes:
- Investigative services units;
- Metal detectors;
- Parcel scanners;
- Body scanners;
- Phone interruption technology, detection and elimination of cellphone services.