Anyone know what Martin Grime means when he says 'Enhanced' as in 'Enhanced Victim Recovery Dog' as how he trains the dogs is confidential.
"A standard sniffer dog is like a basic tool. An enhanced dog goes through much more training and is a lot more discriminating about smells, basically its nose is super sensitive. Other dogs have to do other police duties but mine work full-time in this area, making them very sharp and highly skilled."
Eddie is an enhanced victim recovery dog and is specially trained to detect the scent of human remains.
The enhanced training of the dog involves the use of collection of 'Dead body scent' odour from corpses using remote technical equipment which does not contact.
The E.V.R.D. will locate cadaver, whether in the whole or parts thereof; deposited surface or sub-surface to a depth of approximately 3-4 feet shortly after death to the advanced stages of deposition and putrefaction through to skeletal. This includes incinerated remains even if large quantities of accelerant have been involved.
The dog will locate human cadaver in water either from the bank side or when deployed in a boat where a large area may be covered using a gridding system.
The dog has also been trained to identify 'dead body' scent contamination where there is no physically retrievable evidence, due to scent adhering to pervious material such as carpet or the upholstery in motor vehicles.
Whereas there may be no retrievable evidence for court purposes this may well assist intelligence gathering in Major Crime investigations.
