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Hot on the trail: K-9 units track escaped inmates, search for missing persons
By montgomeryadvertiser.com - Marty Roney
Published: 06/11/2013

ALABAMA - The four-legged man-trackers of the state prison system stand ready to answer the call, anytime, anywhere.

The Department of Corrections maintains eight teams of dogs for tracking purposes across the state and one K-9 drug-detecting team at Easterling Correctional Facility in Clio, said Brian Corbett, spokesman for the prison system.

The purpose of the K-9 units is to track escaped inmates and conduct searches for wanted persons. But they also have “free world” duties, Corbett said.

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