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STORY: HAITI / CANINE BRIGADE
TRT: 2.24
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: OCTOBER 2012, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
1. Wide shot, two Haitian National Police (HNP) officers opening dog cage
2. Close up, HNP agent walking with dog
3. Close up, dog playing
4. Close up, HNP agent walking dog
5. Med shot, HNP agent doing exercise with dog named Carla
6. Close up, BLTS logo (Brigade de Lutte contre le Trafic de Stupéfiant)
7. Close up, dog named Troya
8. Wide shot, Troya
9. Close up, sign USA flag and UN Logo
10. Wide shot, Troya exercising with a UNPOL agent
11. Wide shot, Port au Prince terminal, suitcases and aircraft
12. Close up, suitcases
13. Close up, dog getting out of his cage with a HNP agent
14. Wide shot, dog checking suitcases with a HNP agent
15. Wide shot, dog checking suitcases with a HNP agent
16. Med shot, putting suitcases in aircraft
17. Med shot, agent thanking Carla
18. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Agent U-9, HNP officer:
"The dog is a very important element in our work, because without the help of a dog I could not do this type of work. First, the dog has the ability to catch a smell that a human being can not smell. If a person is having a questionable product, the dog can notify us by certain gestures in order to apprehend the person."
19. Med shot, UN Police hiding a package containing drugs in the baggage
20. Close up, Troya checking the baggage
21. Med shot, Troya checking the baggage
22. Med shot, dog detecting the drug
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Martin, UN Police Officer:
“Our main goal here is to protect the borders and the airport. We want the canines to deter anybody that wants to bring drugs or legal money, guns, anything through the airport, to secure Haiti’s borders. We have heard reports of people wanting to bring drugs to here, they know about the dogs being here, they know about the BLTS program being here, so they find other ways to do this. That is really what we want to do, to deter them from using their borders as ways to get drugs in and out of the country.”
24. Med shot, dog checking baggage with HNP and UNPOL
25. Various shots, controls at the Port-au-Prince airport
UN Police in Haiti and the country’s national police are working with dogs to fight trafficking in drugs and guns.
The Haitian National Police (HNP) dog team is composed of six dogs, two of them from the Dominican Republic and the other four from Colombia.
They have been operating in Haiti since June 2011, in a programme was started by the American State Department and financed until 2015. When it ends, it will be continued by the Haitian government.
This is Troya who is enjoying herself. It is her way to show happiness when she meets visitors.
Each morning, the Haitian policemen give water to the dogs and exercise with them.
Carla is a female dog, she is two years old. Her speciality is to detect cocaine and other drugs.
She is very proud and dedicated. When she is fighting, she always wants to win.
Troya is also two years old, he is a disciplined male. With his nose, he has the capacity to detect drugs, money and medicine.
To reinforce the fight against the traffic of drugs and guns, the Haitian dog team works in the international airport Toussaint Louverture together with the HNP.
All the passengers’ bags are inspected by the dogs to detect all suspect items before putting them on board.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Agent U-9, Haitian National Police Officer:
"The dog is a very important element in our work, because without the help of a dog I could not do this type of work. First, the dog has the ability to catch a smell that a human being can not smell. If a person is having a questionable product, the dog can notify us by certain gestures in order to apprehend the person. "
A UN Police officer gives a demonstration on the spot. He places some bags containing drugs between the suitcases. In only two minutes Troya finds them.
SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Martin, UN Police Officer:
“Our main goal here is to protect the borders and the airport. We want the canine’s to deter anybody that wants to bring drugs or legal money, guns, anything through the airport, to secure Haiti’s borders. We have heard reports of people wanting to bring drugs to here, they know about the dogs being here, they know about the BLTS program being here, so they find other ways to do is. That is really what we want to do, to deter them from using their borders as ways to get drugs in and out the country.”
Carla and Troya have helped the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and DCPJ (Central Directorate of Judiciary Police) to seize 270 cocaine packages in the area of Tabarre in February 2012.
