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Use of Navy Drug-Detecting Dogs by Civilian Postal Inspectors

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The Secretary of the Navy retains the discretion under the Posse Comitatus Act and Department of Defense regulations to authorize the United States Postal Inspection Service to use Navy drug-detecting dogs and their handlers to identify postal packages containing illegal narcotics.

Updated July 9, 2014