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An Anchorage airport police training went awry Monday when a rental car with a small quantity of explosives attached to it went missing because the rental company inadvertently allowed the car to be rented out, authorities said.
It took a few hours for police to track down the car and recover the explosives, which had been placed on the vehicle for a routine K-9 training, said Jesse Davis, chief of Airport Police and Fire at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
The driver of the rental was never in danger, Davis said, but the episode was a lesson in accountability for authorities who were supposed to keep track of the vehicle.
"It was embarrassing for the officer," Davis said.
Airport police routinely work with rental car companies to expose bomb-sniffing dogs to different environments. During the trainings, very small amounts of an explosive are used to challenge the dogs, Davis said.
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(16,184 posts)chknltl
(10,558 posts)more than Knuff said!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
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(53,339 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
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(53,339 posts)Good one!
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LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)Glad no one was hurt and the explosives were recovered.
NuclearDem
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(10,274 posts)Taitertots
(7,745 posts)It must be nice to be a police officer. You can be negligent and disregard protocol as much you want without facing any reprimand.