WCPD Detective John V. Peters and his new partner Daisy-Accelerant Detection Canine

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Detective John V. Peters and his new partner Daisy are the newest members of Westchester County Police,

Special Operations Division Canine Unit. Daisy is a certified Accelerant Detection Canine (ADC) who has

been trained to sniff out various substances used to start fires.

State Farm® has been a sponsor of the Accelerant Detection Canine Program since 1993. Daisy is one of the

more than 300 ADC teams in the United States and Canada sponsored by State Farm and trained by Maine

Specialty Dogs.

K9 Daisy and Detective Peters were trained during a 200 hour course in Alfred, Maine. K9 Daisy was trained

to work around physical obstacles and to discriminate scents of various accelerants used to set fires.

The team has been certified to be capable of discriminating scents of a variety of substances used to start fires by a chemist from the Maine Specialty Dogs program.

K9 Daisy is a food reward canine and passive indicator. K9 Daisy has been trained to recognize the odor of

accelerants such as gasoline and associate it with food. That’s why they are called a food-reward dog. The only time they eat is when they are working.

K9 Daisy and Detective Peters are available to assist all police

and fire agencies throughout Westchester County and surrounding counties.

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Awesome news, thanks for sharing Seth!

John is a great guy with a fire background. I wish him and Daisy all the best in their new partnership.

May they serve Westchester (and beyond) well for years to come.

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she is very cute!! the best of luck to both of you and be safe out there!!!!