Don't come to the LaSalle county area if you don't expect to find K-9 units, almost every municipality has at least one, and for the few places that don't, their neighbors are only too happy to assist, they're primarily drug-dogs, but most; Ottawa, LaSalle, Utica, Peru, and (I think) Streator are all cross trained for explosives. About ten years ago, everybody started competing to have the fido with the most busts, and since 9/11, explosives have become a high priority second interest. I personally know some of the handlers/partners, and I wouldn't even think of trying to get something past their animals, like one of the guys is fond of saying "the nose knows". Maybe the generous amount of coverage in this area has something to do with the proximity to the Nuc plant, but I don't think so, because, as I said, most of them started out as dope sniffers.

Troy