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Welcome!
The Connecticut Police Work
Dog Association Inc. was established in
1991, to
assist, unite and promote police service dogs in the State of
Connecticut. This organization was established to enhance the
training, education and overall working performance of our police canine
teams.
The
Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.
has also established minimum certification standards for patrol and
narcotic detection canine teams. These certification standards are
comparable to those utilized by federal, state and local law enforcement
agencies throughout the United States. We also encourage and assist our
members with ongoing in-service training to maintain the police canine
teams proficiency.
The
Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.
utilizes experienced police canine trainers from around the country to
conduct certification testing for our canine teams. The use of outside
police canine examiners lends credibility to the testing process.
The examiner is not connected to the basic training of the police
canine team.
The
Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.
presently has more than fifty Connecticut municipal police canine teams
utilizing the certification standards for patrol and narcotic
detection. Since our inception we have provided more than thirty training workshops
and classroom lectures to police canine officers from Connecticut and
through out the Northeast United States.
In
1993, The
Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, in cooperation with the
Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.,
established �The Daniel Wasson Memorial Canine Award�. Officer
Wasson was a Milford, Connecticut Police Canine Officer who was shot and
killed in the line of duty. Officer Wasson made the ultimate
sacrifice; it is in his memory that these awards are given each year.
These annual
awards are chosen from line of duty deployments submitted by Connecticut
police canine teams that exemplify the highest tradition of police
canine law enforcement. The award plaque honoring Officer Daniel Wasson
and the winners of this prestigious award, hangs proudly in the lobby of
the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden, Connecticut.
The
Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. does not represent any specific law
enforcement agency, nor do we advocate any specific method of training.
We have the expertise to assist any law enforcement agency in
establishing a canine unit, canine policy and canine unit
procedures. We can provide assistance in handler and canine selection
and we can help your agency locate a credible training program.
If you have any
questions or require further information on the Connecticut Police Work
Dog Association Inc., please refer to the information provided on our
web page or e-mail James A.
Cortina
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