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Who Should Attend?

PLEASE NOTE: People attending the Law Enforcement portion are law enforcement and current private personnel members who have completed a TSA background check and been approved by the board of directors. If this is not you, then you might like to attend the K9 Scent Work Conference.

You should attend if you are a new or experienced patrol, drug or explosive detection single or dual purpose K9 handler, a detection dog trainer, a K9 unit supervisor or commander, a prosecutor who litigates narcotic cases, a military narcotic or explosive detection dog handler or trainer, a bomb technician working with explosive detection dogs, or a substance detection dog handler.

This is information-based training.
Attendees do not need to be with their dogs.

Why You Should Attend

Get Informed

Begin the year with three full days of the most current information available for Narcotic, Explosive & Patrol K9 Trainers, Handlers and Supervisors.

Learn from Experts

Our sessions are taught by internationally known experts. The range of instructors include experienced K9 Handlers, K9 Trainers, Lawyers, Veterinarians and Scientists.

Network with Colleagues

You will meet, learn from and benefit from K9 Trainers, Handlers and Supervisors like you from all over the US and abroad.

What's New

Find out what's new in technology, tools, and training devices from our Vendors. Ask questions, get discounts.

P.O.S.T. Credits

If you are a California Law Enforcement Officer you will receive credit for attending our Training Institute. It is a non-reimbursement plan.

Gain Confidence

We provide the eduction and the networking environment to feel more confident in doing your job at its best!

Benefits of the new Virtual Format

Ask Questions

These are live sessions so you can ask questions of instructors and discuss with other attendees.

Recorded Sessions

Our live sessions are recorded so you can watch them again or watch them if you didn’t catch them live.

Bonus Sessions

We are including bonus pre-recorded presentations.

Affordable

Without the added cost of travel, accommodations and food, our virtual event is more affordable.

Easy to Use

Our event platform will be easy to use, including an all in one access, so no looking around for links.

I teach at canine conferences all over the world and, by far, the California Narcotic Canine Association Conference is the best.

Ken Licklider

Vohne Liche Kennels

2025 Instructors Include

2025 Instructors will be added as we schedule them

Brad Gillespie

Bradley Gillespie has been handling and training Police and Military Working Dogs for over 20 years. He has 100s of operational K9 tracking apprehensions and ...

Andy Weiman

With more than 31 years of police experience involving various assignments in specialty drug investigation unit in south Florida, Detective Weiman has become a leading ...

Michael Kmiecik

Mike is a current 26-year law enforcement veteran and 17-year veteran police service and working dog handler in the Chicago Metropolitan area. He has handled ...

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I have never been envious of another man before I met this speaker. Great information on safety and tactics.

CLASS: High Risk Patrol & SWAT Ops

2018 Conference Attendee

One of the best classes I have attended in some time, very useful information.

CLASS: Training to a Tactical Level

2018 Conference Attendee

Entertainment

Tuesday Night Features Comedian Tom McClain

Tom McClain is a popular comedian, podcaster, and radio guy out of Ventura County.

For years he was known for being the gregarious beer drinking oaf from Sacramento, but after having kids and getting super fat he’s backed off from the beer, an very lid changed very little. Tom has the unique ability to draw the fun-loving immature adult in all of us. From his childhood stories about Sac- Town, to his military service in the Hawaiian Islands, all the way to becoming a hockey dad, he leaves very little to the imagination.

Tom has always worked tirelessly at combining his passion for comedy and sports. Years after becoming a fixture on sports talk radio and television programs, he spent 4 years behind an AM Radio Station Sports Desk and began hosting “The Walkout Live” a popular MMA Podcast with fighter Mark “The Menace” Young. He once performed live for a jam packed Arco Arena as a part of an NBA game between the Kings and the Indiana Pacers.

As Tom approaches 50, he has decided that he will no longer pursue his own athletic career, due to the fact that he is almost , in horrible shape, and has no athletic ability whatsoever.
Tom has been very supportive of Law Enforcement initiatives in Ventura County, including fundraisers for the K-9 Units in both Ventura and Oxnard.

I learned so much at this conference! I recommend it absolutely...

Joe Patrol Guy

Lead Patrol Officer, TX