Cameron received a private briefing on advanced techniques – dubbed RASCO – based around ‘remote air sampling’ that the dogs and their handlers use to detect explosives or prohibited articles at airports and cargo facilities. The techniques employed were developed in collaboration with scientists from the Defence Science and Technical Laboratory.
Cameron also looked on as dogs searched for Semtex hidden on a bus at the GIS headquarters in Oxfordshire.
Speaking exactly one year on from the 7/7 atrocities that took place in central London, the Tory chief added: “The fight against terrorism isn’t just about the police service. All businesses and companies involved with security and transport, as well as local Government and individual citizens, have a huge role to play.”