In America 'rats are the criminals.
Posted on 09/22/2013 7:10:29 AM PDT by Innovative
Police in the Netherlands are hoping to save money by training rats to sniff out things like drugs and gunshot residue. The animals are cheaper and faster than traditional lab work -- and they're very accurate.
"Derrick" is unbeatable. He's right in 98.8 percent of all cases, the kind of accuracy only machines can achieve. But Derrick is no machine. He's part of an elite group of sewer rats currently being trained in Rotterdam to sniff out drugs, gunpowder or traces of other substances that cling to someone after they've committed a crime.
The rats have an average success rate of 95 percent, Hamerslag says, which would be good stats for a dog. Soon enough Derrick and the others will be so skilled that they can actually be used in crime investigations.
The idea for the police rats came about two years ago, when Hamerslag wrote her thesis at the police academy on animals used at crime scenes and in investigations. She noted that rats were already being trained in Africa to search for land mines, and questioned whether they could be used to detect other substances as well.
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Rats make good pets (or so I hear).
In America 'rats are the criminals.
Caveat: They’re prone to accept bribes.
So are they on tiny leashes or do they just run loose?
Are they collectively known as the Rat Pack?
Wait till they want to form a union!
Yes, but would a rat rat on a rat?
Are they saying they have found a use for Democrats?
“Are they saying they have found a use for Democrats?”
I don’t think so — those types of ‘rats aren’t smart enough...
Plus they probably would swallow the evidence.
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