Dog Handler

Dog Handlers are an advanced staff member.

Dogs will automaticly search nearby prisoner who pass within a certain range, attempting to find contraband labelled with 'smelly' characteristics, if found, the dog handler or a nearby guard will search the prisoner. The dog is also usefull to track and find tunnels. Both the narcotics or tunnel searches can result a false positive. Dogs move faster than prisoners and guards and are useful in taking down attempted escapees.

Dog Handler will not participate in regular searches, prisoner escorts or opening jail doors for staffs like guards. Apart from that, they also can not be used to monitor CCTV cameras on door control, but they will participate in controling riots and capturing escapees.

Dogs rest regularly in Kennels inside dog crates, if the dog's handler died, the dog will do nothing until fired.

Items Carried
The handler carry one item and one weapon. Dog leash. Carried by the handlers, these are used to control the dog. Can not be used to do anything else other than to control the dog. This item is not a weapon and cannot be dropped by the handler. Tazer is an addition weapon, tazers are unlocked after researching Tazer Rollout from the Bureaucracy menu. If the handler is hired before the bureaucracy is unlocked or loses it in a fight, the guard must retrieve back the tazer from the armory. The tazer can knock a prisoner unconscious almost instantly. .

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Bureaucracy and Requirements
This advanced staff member requires the research of Dogs bureaucracy, this bureaucracy is researched by the Chief adminstrator staff, the player require at least $500 to hire this staff and a functional kennel.