Dogs with able noses help keep OU, OSU football fans safe
Bomb-sniffing dogs make up part of the security team that keep crowds safe during football games at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. Altogether, the dogs have been on the job more than a decade and are ready for the season opener today.
At least five hours before the OU-Utah State football game, a different kind of game begins, where failure is cause for celebration.
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OU stadium policies
• Except for items pertaining to medical conditions or child care, all bags, backpacks, fanny packs, cases for binoculars, cameras or other items, and purses larger than 10 inches by 10 inches are prohibited. Only items required for medical or family needs plus empty, clear personal-size containers suitable for drinking water are permitted.
• All purses allowed into the stadium will be searched. Containers measuring 10 inches by 10 inches will be placed at each entry to Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Purses that do not fit into the container will not be permitted inside the stadium.
• Prohibited items must be returned to the owner's car or discarded. Any unlawful items are subject to confiscation, and the person in possession is subject to arrest.
• Point-and-shoot cameras are permitted inside the stadium. Video cameras are prohibited.
Alcoholic beverages; baby seats; baby strollers; balloons; banners or signs; beach balls; cameras (professional equipment or cameras with long telephoto lenses); coolers or containers; explosives; folding chairs or stools; food and beverages; ice chest; laser pointers; noisemakers of any type (air horn, plastic horn, whistles, etc.); pets (other than service animals); stadium seats with armrests and/or over 16 inches wide; umbrellas.
• All people are subject to search.
• Allowable bags (8 inches by 11 inches) brought into the stadium will be searched.
• No tobacco products.
• No pets or animals of any kind, except service animals for impaired or disabled guests.
• No chair backs are allowed in the stadium.
• Spirit banners, flags or signs considered to be improper will be removed and confiscated by game management. The use of poles to display these items is prohibited.
• No umbrellas, alcoholic beverages, car seats, baby strollers, artificial noisemakers, beach balls, explosives, weapons, food, beverage, ice chests, backpacks, video cameras, camera lenses longer than 3 inches, tripods and monopods.
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Bomb-sniffing dogs Ambra and Chaki are part of the eight-dog security team that sweeps the area for explosives before the game and remain in and around the stadium during the entire game.
The dogs are trained to sit down, or alert, to objects that contain explosives, said University of Oklahoma Police Department officer Brian Nelson. It's a game for them.
Dogs are also used to sweep the Oklahoma State University stadium before games.
They've never found an explosive device at either stadium.
Nelson and fellow dog handler Sgt. Eric Grubbs will take explosive training aids along with the dogs for the pregame search today in Norman.
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