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Chino prison K9s trained to search for cellphones
By abc7.com- Leticia Juarez
Published: 12/30/2014

CHINO, Calif. (KABC) -- California prison officials are turning to specially-trained dogs to track down cellphones hidden by inmates. The California Institute for Men in Chino is one of those prisons.

Tobacco and drugs are easy for the dogs to detect, but it's cellphones they're after.

"You can smell tobacco, you can smell marijuana. We can smell it, and you know what they are actually sniffing for. With a cell phone I really couldn't tell you. They surprise me," said K9 handler Sgt. Nelson.

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