PATROL/NARCOTICS K9 HANDLER COURSE
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PATROL/NARCOTICS K9 COURSE
Our Patrol/Narcotics K9 training course consist of the following training disciplines:
Patrol Training
- Obedience including on and off leash control responding to verbal commands and hand signals.
- Agility and confidence training including vertical jumps, broad jumps, ladder climbing, elevated walks, crawling, slippery floors, and loud and unusual noises.
- Apprehension including single and multi-person apprehensions, recall and call outs, apprehensions from vehicle, vehicle extraction, handler protection, prisoner escort, apprehension with gunfire.
- Article Search/Evidence Recovery includes finding articles with evidentiary value such as crime scene evidence or articles used in a crime. Training will involve articles that both contain human scent and articles void of human scent.
- Open area search utilizing airborne scent work to detecting hidden suspects in outdoor areas of concealment.
- Building search utilizing tactical search techniques for locating and apprehending suspects hidden within buildings.
- Tracking/Trailing with scent discrimination over various types of surfaces on tracks at least one hour old and one mile long.
Narcotics Detection Training
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- Narcotic detection training on Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine or other narcotic odors as your needs dictate.
- K9 search procedures of buildings, vehicles, open and wooded areas, and packages/luggage.
Price for this course includes:
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- Trained K9
- Handler training (6 week course)
- Lodging for handler during training (Optional)
- All necessary training equipment
- Classroom materials and training manual
- K9 Health and Performance Guarantees
- Complete veterinarian exam of K9, health and vaccination records