Wed, Aug 13, 2008
Record-Setting Canine To Stand Down Friday
Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport will witness the retirement of one of its hardest working
employees this week. Pino, a 13 year-old Belgian Malinois, will end
her tour of duty with the Airport Police Department this Friday,
following a run of 10 years and 11 months... a record at
Lambert.
Pino is currently the oldest working dog out of more than 500
certified in the Transportation Security Administration’s
(TSA) National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program. The TSA
partners with law enforcement agencies to provide the canines,
training and a yearly stipend to help protect the nation’s
transportation system.
Pino arrived at Lambert in September of 1997 after graduating
from the Military Working Dog Training Course at Lackland Air Force
Base in San Antonio, Texas. She is part of a 10-team K-9 unit at
Lambert focusing on explosives detection and other security
details.
During her career, Pino has stretched her expertise beyond
Lambert providing security support to local, state and federal
agencies. Pino has worked numerous high profile events -- including
protection details of two US Presidents, school threats that
followed the Columbine Tragedy, the 1999 St. Louis visit of Pope
John Paul II, the heightened security levels following 9/11, and
the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake
City.
Pino will retire to the home of her police partner, Sgt. Steve
Swafford, following her final shift at Lambert. All we can say
is... we wish
more TSA staffers had her work ethic.
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