For the purposes of this subsection, «service dog» means a dog owned, used, or in training by any police or fire department, rescue, or first response squad, ambulance corps, or search and rescue organization for the purposes of
locating criminals and lost persons, or detecting
illegal substances, explosives, cadavers, accelerants, or school or correctional facility contraband.
The amazing olfactory ability of dogs is used around the world in many different ways, whether as search and rescue dogs helping to
locate survivors following a natural disaster or acting in airports helping police to sniff out
illegal substances.