NASVHILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced on Tuesday their new tool to help fight crime. His name is Marvel, a 17-month-old black Labrador retriever.

Marvel is an electronic storage detection K-9 with “a specially-trained ability to sniff out electronic storage devices such as hard drives, flash drives, and micro-SD cards less than a millimeter thick – which may hold critical evidence, especially in child exploitation cases," according to TBI.

The TBI said Marvel was trained by Tod Jordan of Jordan Detection K-9 in Indianapolis.

“Marvel will enhance our ability to protect the state’s children and help ensure we have as much evidence as possible as cases involving electronic media continue to evolve,” said TBI Director David Rausch. “He will also be able t

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