Bo is joining the Wisconsin Department of Justice State Fire Marshal’s Office as an Accelerant Detection Canine (ADC), July 18, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The newest member of the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s canine team was in Green Bay Thursday to show off his superior sniffing skills.
Bo, a 22-month-old black lab, is joining the DOJ’s Division of Criminal Investigation unit as an Accelerant Detection Canine (ADC). He is the second ADC in Wisconsin, with the first being ADC Tutty.
Bo will assist special agents and other fire investigators around the state in and around fire scenes that require the detection of accelerants. Bo completed a rigorous training process in Virginia, where he and his handler, DCI Special Agent Eric Beine, met and became a team.
“His primary purpose is to go out and help us identify potential ignitable liquids in scenes. He’s not trained on one — he’s trained on a group of many common ignitable liquids that we would often see in a fire scene,” said DCI Director/State Fire MarshalJosh Pudlowski. “He is a single-purpose dog, so all he does is accelerant detection. We utilize him in a lot of scenes, a variety of things from explosions to fires, wildland fires, things of that nature.”
Before being assigned to the Wisconsin DOJ State Fire Marshal’s Office, Bo came from the Puppies Behind Bars program. As part of this program, incarcerated individuals are selected to train service dogs for veterans, first responders and police departments.
Other canines in the program are chosen by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for use as ADCs or Explosive Detection Canines (EDC). Bo was one of the canines selected as an ADC, while two of his siblings were chosen as EDCs.
When Bo isn’t working, officials say he is “a normal black lab” who loves getting attention and playing baseball with his family.
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