CPWDA Training & Seminars

Enhanced Scent Behavior

K-9 Seminar

July 26th - July 30th, 2010

Hosted By Hurricane Police Department

Open to Law enforcement and Non Law enforcement who work with K9's

Where - Hurricane Police Department, 3245 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane, West Virginia

Instructed By - The California Narcotic & Explosive Canine Association / Battle Born K9 / Makor K9 International /

Las Vegas Metro K-9 Officer's / Putnam County West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Price per K9 team - $350.00

Available slots - 21

Contact - K9 Officer Jason Kerr, Hurricane Police Department, cell 304-437-5974 / Office 304-562-1070 ext. 317

This seminar is designed to do one thing, to enhance the hunting abilities of your police service dog. You will receive a lecture with open discussion on the principles of “the hunt”. We will discuss the 5 phases of “the hunt” and show you that if properly applied your find rates will increase and your false indications will be almost non existent. We will teach you how to make all odors within the search environment “neutral”, thus effectively proofing your canine from masking of packaging material. Your canine will learn to ignore your body language and positioning and focus on his hunting responsibilities.

Instructors - Stephen R. Connolly, Esq -Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Putnam County West Virginia

Mark Rispoli with Makor K9 International : Attorney and Counselor at Law / West German Customs

Advanced Narcotic Graduate / Consultant for Scientific Application International Corporation /

Member of the California Narcotics Canine Association / 25 years experience in the area of Law

Enforcement / Former Prosecutor / West Coast Operations Director for American Detection

Technologies / Judge For Western Police Search Dog Association / SWGDOG Legal Counsel /

FBI Scientific Working Group on Dog Orthogonal Detector Guidelines.

Jay Carlson with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K9 / 24 year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan

Police Department / Graduate of the USAF K9 working dog school / qualified judge

for the Utah Post Academy for the narcotic and explosive dog program for the Las Vegas

Metropolitan Police Department / Developed Nevada Post lesson plans for narcotic, explosive,

cadaver, FEMA search and rescue dogs and Master Trainer Detection Dogs / Member of the

Executive Board of the California Narcotics Canine Association / Instructor at the CNCA'S

annual conference / Member of SWGDOG

Mel English with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 / 20 year veteran of the Las Vegas

Metropolitan Police Department / Graduate of the Master Trainer Detection Dog Course

with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department / Lead trainer for patrol, narcotic,

and explosive dogs with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department / Certifying

Official with CNCA

Rooms 38.00 a night at the American inn at Hurricane West Virginia

Hurricane Police Department will provide breakfast and lunch free of charge.

Please call to reserve your seats.

Connecticut Police Work Dog Association

Advanced Problem Solving Workshop for Trainers: August 23, 24, & 25, 2010

NAPWDA Trainers and Decoys, Joe Lutkowski and Gary Garrison will be conducting a three day CPWDA workshop that will include aggression control problem solving techniques, with the students participating in the problem solving and problem solving drills. A certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the school from CPWDA.

Basic Decoy School: August 27, 28 & 29, 2010

Hosted by Manchester Police Department

Lead Instructor - Steve Mackenzie

0800-1700 each day, Fri., Sat. and Sun.

This course is designed to teach the novice decoy or a helper with no prior training, to decoy police service dogs. There will be intensive and important classroom training in behavior, aggression and use of equipment. There will be two days of field training as well. This course will require you to utilize all types of decoy equipment and demonstrate your learned skills on police service dogs.

These courses are free to all CPWDA members and members of their departments who want to be helpers. Please respond directly to Bill Nott at nott_william_j@sbcglobal.net. CPWDA members do not need to fill out waiver forms.

If you are not a CPWDA member the cost of each 3 day school is $140.00, respond to Jim Cortina via our web site for school application, payment and waiver.