Minnesota’s new police dog can help sniff out electronic evidence in sexual predator cases

Sota has located 21 pieces of potential electronic evidence, including a meticulously hidden handphone in one homicide case. — TNS

Minnesota state authorities in the United States have unleashed a four-legged investigator specifically trained to sniff out digital electronics commonly used by sexual predators to exploit children and others.

K9 Sota, a black British Labrador, was introduced to the public by the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) as the first law enforcement dog in Minnesota able to detect cellphones and various data storage devices such as USB drives and microSD cards, where evidence might be hidden that could help prosecutors in their pursuit to lock up sex crime perpetrators.