This course provides training, communication, and deployment strategies that will allow K9 handlers to successfully integrate with any team from a small patrol officer search team to a large SWAT team deployment. The course is designed to teach not only K9 handlers but also patrol officers, tactical operators, and command staff how to accomplish effective integration. Upon completion of this course participants will have the knowledge and ability to develop and implement effective operational deployment strategies utilizing strong behavioral control, of the K9, combined with proven police tactics. The course will cover deployments in arrest team functions, entry teams, containment teams, area searches and building searches. This course can be tailored to the specific needs of any department.
