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rone says, is for both scent dogs and domestic violence, economic crime,
patrol dogs, which he explains are “dogs insurance fraud and forfeiture.
that bite when necessary.” Angarone heard about Bela—a female 15% OFF
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barking and moving people along—and from another trainer. He was told that she
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cna track down suspects who have left Angarone purchased Bela after getting
the scene of a crime before police arrive. approval from the prosecutor and started
In narcotics training, Angarone says, working with her immediately. At the $3 OFF
trainers have a dog focus on a towelplaced time, she was three months old, and train-
in a garbage can filled with marijuana (one ing usually starts somewhere between 11 any purchase
of the most odoriferous illegal drugs), and 16 months. Because of her early start, of $23 or more dine in & and cash only
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brings it back, they play a little tug of war.
Then the game gets a little harder. A has “done searches in occupied houses,
trainer tosses the towel someplace the abandoned buildings, buses, tractor trail-
find. That’s when the dogs begin to put 5, she has been responsible for the sei- any purchase
their pot-sniffing skills to use. “They zure of more than $2 million in currency 871 Route 33,
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dogs. Angarone says dogs that come suspects narcotics but does not have prob- Mon-Thurs 11am-11pm,
from overseas, for example, may be able cause. If the dog smells the scent of a Fri & Sat 11am-12am, of $9 or more dine in & and cash only
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“If a dog doesn’t respond to gunshots an essential part of police modern police
or does respond by running away, that work. “Since its inception, the impor-
dog would not be a candidate for patrol tance of the relationship between law
school,” he says. enforcement and their canine partners
Angarone went to elementary school in has been demonstrated time and time
Trenton, then moved to Hamilton (where again,” he said.
he currently lives) for middle school and “They are like an arm of law enforce-
graduated from Steinert High School. ment; they hear and smell stuff that we
Angarone’s parents were in the restaurant can’t; and their noses are much better
business for 40 years, first in Trenton and than ours,” he added. “Canines are fear-
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