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1 SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION The nation's largest 100 public transportation systems provide over 8.4 billion passenger trips each year. This figure represents approximately 87 percent of all trips taken on public transportation.
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2 elevated structures. All interviewed public transportation systems also support calls for assistance from local law enforcement.
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3 ❐ Federal agencies interviewed for this project include the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ; the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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4 program; the selection of trainers, handlers, and service dogs; and the development of training programs, evaluation programs, and deployment schedules to best utilize this resource. Section 6 presents further research on the use of K9 units to support explosives detection (ED)
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5 Appendix I presents sample certification standards prepared for this Guide, based on results and recommendations of interviews with public transportation personnel. These standards can be used to establish evaluation criteria for K9 team performance in the transportation environment.
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