MTA police dogs learn to sniff out bombs in battle against terrorists Dogs train a state-of-the-art facility in Stormville. Matt Spillane. Rockland/Westchester Journal News.

The five dogs join the MTA police ranks which includes about 50 service dogs. The rookie canine crimefighters will even be given small police shields for their collars, officials said.

The MTA Police Canine Unit consists of about 50 teams of officers and dogs responsible for patrolling and protecting the agency’s two commuter railroads, the LIRR and Metro-North.

So the dog's got to be able to jump, jump up on a platform." Now that the MTA Police have proven they can breed winners they'll test their skill at a national competition held in Florida this ...

The MTA Police Department’s bomb-sniffing squad grew to 50 dogs last week, making it one of the largest K-9 units in the country. Six dogs that recently completed an exhaustive 12-week traini… ...

Johnny and Pimpinelli are just one of the MTA’s 50 police dog teams that train at the new center. After four years of construction, the Stormville center was completed last November, ...

The MTA Police Department's eight new recruits have 32 ... Geo, George, Matty, Glen, Jake and Stiehl — the MTA's latest graduating class of police dogs specially trained to sniff out explosi.

Those dogs make up the MTA police K-9 force. And the process to become a dog, or a handler, on the force isn’t an easy one. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.