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Frankly, that are going to closely simulate the type of operations theyre going to be doing. so they may do urban environment. they may do desert rural but primarily they focus on explosive detection and apprehension work. theyll teach and train the dogs to find explosive odor and a host of different capacities and different environments and then also do bite training. theyre, you know, moving in and out of targets, complexes, buildings, compounds, having the dogs search for people and ultimatel...

Which sirens were triggered so we can follow up about why that occurred. >> again, to clarify -- its a completely different individual who would have been responsible for issuing the siren alert? than the individual who pushes or clicks the mouse button to issuous the mass alert? >> thats correct. >> [ inaudible ]. >> everybody -- wgoes through te training. >> you mentioned three minutes between going out and the cancellation. why does it take three minutes for the alert, to cancel the text? >> ...

>> reporter: heres what we do know. this year, special operations command in tampa solicited private contractors to train 80 to 100 students and 70 to 100 canines per year. among other duties, pursue, track, patrol and bite/hold fleeing subjects. >> a lot of it is under wraps and undercover. >> reporter: these superdogs must be the best of the best. and used on this type of mission to both find explosives and help subdue targets. >> the dog is an attack dog tr attack on command.in additiog train...