The Haines Borough Public Safety Commission recommended the borough research purchasing a drug-sniffing dog for the police department.
Officer Chris Brown, who has five years of experience working in a K-9 unit, said a police dog could be valuable for sniffing methamphetamines and opioids at the ferry terminal, the post office, the Canadian border, on charter planes and personal boats.
“All drugs have an odor…it may not be something that we can pick up, but…
