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Less than two weeks after a shooting at Mayfair mall sent eight to the hospital, the mall announced a new security measure to detect weapons there.
Mall management announced Wednesday they were implementing the Vapor Wake Public Safety Canine Detection Program (VWK9).
The program will use specially trained K-9s, alongside security officers, to patrol the shopping mall and detect firearms.
The program was developed to "mitigate the risk of body-worn explosives and concealed firearms in mass pedestrian areas," according to the company's website.
The K-9s are trained to work in high-flow pedestrian areas. The company is partners with several police and fire departments across the nation, along with the Transportation Security Administration and Amtrak.
"They (K-9s) can accurately screen hundreds of people unobtrusively passing through an entry point in a nonintrusive way,"