An Electronics Storage Device Detection K9 called Wafer—also Taiwan's first electronic goods detection dog—was recently donated to Taiwan by the American non-profit group O.U.R. Wafer is now being quarantined in Kaohsiung after recently completing training in the United States and Malaysia. Beginning on September 11, it is intended to undergo pertinent training to help individuals adjust to Taiwan's climatic and geographic conditions before setting up Wafer to execute official responsibilities.
After completing training in the United States, Taiwan's first electronic devices detection police dog will formally start serving in September.Photo provided by National Police Agency
A 2-year-old black Labrador retriever male named Wafer. Wafer and other police dogs are very sensitive to the chemical "Triphenylphosphine oxide" prevalent in electronic goods storage systems. Cold wallets for virtual currency may also be found, as well as SD cards, mobile phones, hard drives, and USB sticks.
Wafer's trip to Taiwan was made possible by Yang Li-jing (楊力靜), the National Police Agency’s liaison officer on the US west coast, who observed this type of specialized identification police dogs while taking part in an anti-human trafficking operation by the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) at the end of the previous year. Later, the non-profit group O.U.R. was called on the advice of the Los Angeles County Police Department. The decision to allow Wafer to travel to Taiwan was made following a review by the organization.
After completing training in the United States, Taiwan's first electronic devices detection police dog will formally start serving in September.Photo provided by National Police Agency
According to NPA, this sort of police dog can search for concealed digital evidence at the site and is a useful tool for searching crime scenes because the majority of criminal evidence is inseparable from electromagnetic evidence. Only 3 exist in Asia now. Three countries—Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia—have supplied the two electronic goods detecting dogs.
