In order to strengthen the detection of threats by explosives in public areas and critical infrastructures within the EU member states, a consortium created and led by Palmyra Aviation Advisors, and including CoESS, has been awarded a project grant to create an EU certification standard and to launch a certification centre for explosive detection dogs (EDD).
To date no certifications or harmonised training requirements have been set in place on Member States level. Recent key EU policies do however require improvement of the performance of EDD as mentioned in both the “2017 EU Action Plan for strengthening protection of public spaces” and the “2020 Union Security Strategy” which calls for improved threat detection in public spaces.
The Regional EU Certification Centre for Explosive Detection Dogs (RECCEDD) will offer both pre-certification training and certification through its non-profit certification centre in Belgium. This will be offered to various EU law enforcement and licensed security service providers that are offering explosive detection dog services to public operators in Member States.
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Source: CoESS