Florida has its First Cell Phone Sniffing Dog

Razor, the 14-month-old Broward County Malinois police dog is about to finish training for her new job. She is the first dog trained to find contraband cell phones in prisons in Florida.

A new law banning cell phones took effect on October 1. Razor will finish her training mid-November. If cell phones are found in inmates cells, they could face up to five additional years tacked onto their sentence and a fine of up to $5000. Where inmates are going to get $5000 is beyond me. Don’t they make like 10 cents an hour?

Razor’s name is actually a take off on the Motorola cell phone, the RAZR. She was purchased for $6500 and was paid for by the Animal Welfare Foundation of Winter Garden, Florida.

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