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Police Course
POLICE K-9 COURSE
(600 HOURS)
FIRST AID AND HEALTH CARE
The student will be taught the importance of health care and first aid procedures.
1. Properly groom and wash his/her assigned animal.
2. Accomplish health inspection.
3. Understand the importance of normal food ration and food quality.
4. Avoid hazards of improper watering and feeding.
5. Define routine veterinary assistance requirements.
6. Knowledge of diseases and parasites that affects a dog, their symptoms and methods of prevention and treatment.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
The purpose of these hours is to under stand the dangers of training K-9s. Upon these hours the student will learn the proper deployment of:
1. Safety in and around a kennel facility.
2. How to handle and control an aggressive dog.
3. Learn to read his/her dogs and other people's dogs by the aggressive indications that the dog gives.
4. Applying safety precautions at all times.
RECORD KEEPING AND PROFICIENCY TRAINING
Upon conclusion the student must be familiar with procedures for keeping a dog proficient and for proper record keeping.
REPORT WRITING
The student will be taught to write a complete and concise report covering the elements of the crime and support of the probable cause.
LEGAL ASPECTS
Upon conclusion of these hours the student should be familiar with:
1. The student must know and understand case laws supporting probable cause in the use of a K-9.
2. Questions and terminology which is commonly related to the use of a K-9.
3. Giving testimony for deposition and courtroom.
BEHAVIOR OF DOGS
The behavior of a dog is the result of many factors. Upon conclusion of these hours the student should be familiar with the different kinds of behavior and what causes that particular behavior.
THEORY OF SCENT
At the conclusion of these hours the student must show proficiency in:
1. Knowledge of the overall training objectives.
2. Knowledge of work environments.
3. Knowing the performance capabilities of a trained tracking dog.
4. Applying the principles of a tracking dog in training.
5. Defining and understanding the olfactory abilities and availabilities of scent.
6. Recognizing limitations that will effect a dog's ability to detect and identify scent.
7. Employing a tracking dog in an effective manner by taking advantage of the temperature, humidity and available air currents.
LAYING PRACTICE TRACKS
The student will learn the proper way of laying a track to help maintain and build on the dogs ability.
1. Knowledge of how wind direction effects the dog.
2. Applying reference points to remember where the practice track is laid.
3. Knowing and applying the degree of difficulty when laying a practice track.
TRAINING PROCEDURES
Upon conclusion the student must know the steps on how to start a new dog out in tracking and develope motivation to advance the dog's tracking ability.
READING A TRACKING DOG
The student will learn the indications that a dog gives when tracking. When reading a dog on a track there will never be two dogs that will have identical indications. The student will be familiar with:
1. On track indications.
2. Loss of track indications.
3. Discovery of track indications.
4. Determination of track direction.
5. Behavior changes.
6. Sensitive feel of the dog when on the line.
7. Indication of an article.
ADVANCING THE TRACKING DOG
Upon conclusion of these hours the student must show proficiency in the completion of advancing the tracking dog from basic tracking to advance tracking.
PRINCIPLES OF OBEDIENCE TRAINING
1. Knowledge of the classical conditioning theory of dog training.
2. Applying the needed patience.
3. Knowing the correct time to praise.
4. Applying the correct amount of praise with the assigned dog.
5. Knowing when to correct the dog.
6. Applying the right correction at the correct time.
7. Knowing what the dog is telling you by reading the dog's body movements.
8. Defining the obedience formula.
9. Knowledgeable in all obedience training techniques and theories.
10. Controlling and handling aggressive and fearful dogs.
11. Knowledge of building motivation, willingness in a dog.
12. Knowledge of the correct equipment to use.
13. Knowledge of working with different breeds and attitudes.
PERSONAL PROTECTION TRAINING
Upon conclusion of these hours the student must show proficiency in:
1. Recognize the training abilities of a clients dog.
2. Identify a dog's mental and emotional status.
3. Understanding the natural instincts of a dog's aggression.
4. Perform all training principles and theories in the overall training objective of personal protection.
5. Knowing the performance capabilities of a properly trained protection dog.
6. Bringing out the aggressive drive in a dog.
7. Use his/her knowledge to advance the dog's protective instincts.
8. Reading, recognizing and reacting to the dog's body indications.
9. Properly demonstrating the principles of professional handling .
10. Perform as a professional dog agitator.
11. Use all protection training equipment in a professional and correct manner.
12. Instruct other people to be handlers and agitators.
13. Construct training situations.
AGILITY COURSE TRAINING
The student will learn the theories and training procedures of the agility course. Upon conclusion of these hours the student will be familiar with:
1. Knowing how the various obstacles builds confidence in a dog.
2. Applying the training techniques to teach the various obstacles.
3. Knowledge of preventing injuries to the dog.
4. Knowledge of construction of an agility course.
ARTICLES SEARCHES
At the conclusion of this time the student will:
1. Be knowledgeable of all facts related to training a K-9 in open-field detection exercises.
2. Be able to properly deploy his/her dog in searching an open area by using the available air currents to the dog's advantage.
3. Recognize and properly react to all indications of detection the dog may display.
K-9 TRAFFIC STOPS
Upon the conclusion of these hours the student will be familiarized with the K-9 training procedures of a traffic stop. The student will learn:
1. Officer's protection with a K-9 at a traffic stop.
2. K-9 alertness for signs of aggression.
3. Training procedures of the K-9.
CRIMINAL APPREHENSION
At the conclusion of these hours the student will be knowledgeable in:
1. Learn the techniques used with the K-9 to arrest the suspect.
2. K-9 detaining a fleeing person.
3. Training procedures of the K-9.
4. Situation training with the K-9.
AREA SEARCHES
At the conclusion of this time the student will:
1. Be knowledgeable of all facts related to training a K-9 in open-field detection exercises.
2. Be able to properly deploy his/her dog in searching an open area by using the available air currents to the dog's advantage.
3. Recognize and properly react to all indications of detection the dog may display.
BUILDING SEARCHES
At the conclusion of this training the student will:
1. Have learned the proper deployment and sequences of searching a building.
2. Be able to read his/her dog's alert and be able to analyze various situations involving air currents inside a building.
3. Have trained his/her assigned dogs to detect, locate and display an obvious alert toward concealed suspects in various locations.