K9 TRAINING EVENTS
TRAINING Street Cop Training
HOST Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office
LOCATION
Columbus Learning Center
4555 Central Avenue, Columbus, IN 47203
COST $225
TOPICS
- Understand how police K9s think, learn, and behave
- Become fluent as a backup officer for a K9 team
- Understand odor, how it moves, and how the environment affects it
- Be prepared for concealment techniques and masking odors
- Master narcotic sniffs and patrol deployments
- Improve tracking, trailing, and area searches
- Effective ways to contain, locate, and apprehend suspects
- How to Properly utilize a K9 during high-risk deployments
- Gain awareness of heat injuries and K9 first aid
- Understand K9-specific case law, preparing for court, and record keeping
- Prevent handler, supervisor, and department liability
- Real deployment videos will be shown to explain how suspects were located and narcotics were seized.
You will leave confident in your ability to handle, train supervise, and assist a K9
Questions & Reservations
https://www.streetcoptraining.com/
Sept 24 – 28, 2023 | Training
3rd Annual Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Bloodhound Seminar
Volunteer
LOCATION
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office
Indiana Diabetes Youth Camp
5050 E 211th St, Noblesville, IN 46062
COST: $200 (20 working spots) – includes onsite lodging, and all meals
2 instructors per group of 5 teams. 40 hours of class and field work including scenario-based problems from instructors with 140 years of combined experience. Topics to include legal, medical and man trailing.
REGISTER
Contact Neal Hoard at kenneth.hoard@hamiltoncounty.in.gov for registration form. Once registration is completed and received you will be notified of acceptance by August 1st, 2023 Do not send fees until notified of acceptance.
Watch IndyStar video from 2022 training seminar.
Sept 25-29 | Training
2023 American Tactile K9 Association Conference
COST: $750/team, includes housing & meals Audit: $400
LE and Military Handlers ONLY
INFO & REGISTRATION: https://atk9.org/2023-conference
LOCATION
Muscatatuck Urban Training Center
4230 E Administration Dr, Butlerville, IN 47223
Winners will be selected on August 10. Deadline to enter is August 9. Applicant and K9 just be an active and certified team working in Central Indiana (Marion County and the 8 surrounding counties).
Conference sessions include:
- Tactical Canine Casualty Care TC3 (Veterinary Tactical Group)
- Handler Conditioning (Ashley Horner)
- E-Collar (Justin Rigney)
- Reality-Based Training – K9 Team
- Operational Optimization (Brad Gillespie Spectrum K9)
Tracking Formations and Action on Contact (Brad Gillespie Spectrum K9) 2-day course - Tactical Rappelling and Rope Access (REVAC USA) 2-day course
- The World of Muzzle (James O' Brien, NCK9, LLC)
- CQB Fundamentals (DCM Consulting)
- Detection "Working Fundamentals and Pushing the Limits" (Cameron Ford, Ford K9)
- Explosives Safety and Post Blast Search for Secondaries (Todd Wilber, Precision
Explosives) - Bitework Conditioning/Troubleshooting (Carlos Ramirez)
- Tactical Obedience and Conditioning (Antonio "AROD" Rodriguez, ORO K9 Services)
- Tactical Laser Directional Training (Chris Tucker North GA K9)
- Functional Patrol K9 Deployment from Patrol Vehicle (Jason Stanze Houston K9
Academy) - Team Movement with K9 (Bellator K9) 2-day course
- Tactical High-Risk Route Clearing (Nick Fontaine Kilo III Consulting)
- Increasing Hunt Drive and Expanding the Building Search (Todd Mona)
- Canine Legal Update: Supervisor and Trainer Liability (Mike Kmiecik Sheepdog Guardian Consulting)
- Canine Legal Update: Narcotic Contraband Detection Dog (Mike Kmiecik Sheepdog
Guardian Consulting) - Canine Legal Update: Patrol Dog Liability (Mike Kmiecik Sheepdog Guardian Consulting)
Meet your instructors: https://atk9.org/2023-conference
Location
Carmel City Hall
One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032
TIME: 8a-5p (check-in opens at 7:45am)
This two day (16hr) seminar covers topics including police service patrol dog operations, narcotic-contraband detection dog operations and relevant case law related to the Supreme court of the United States, United States Court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the State of Indiana.
K9: Use of Force and Search & Seizure Narcotic-contraband
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Indiana law
K9 Industry Standards
• Certification
• Indiana-specific
• Discipline-specific
• Training
COST:
$225/seat
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Officers who successfully complete this course will receive Law Enforcement Training Board continuing education credit of 16 hours.
Questions?
Contact: Jennifer@sheepdogguardian.com
Location
Carmel City Hall
One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032
TIME: 8a-5p (check-in opens at 7:45am)
This one day (8hr) seminar covers topics including police service patrol dog operations, narcotic-contraband detection dog operations and relevant case law related to the Supreme court of the United States, United States Court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the State of Indiana.
Any agency member is welcome to attend. Topics geared towards police service and working dog trainers, supervisors, and administrators. Handlers, trainers, and agency attorneys are also encouraged and welcome.
K9: Case Law
• Agency, Administrator, Supervisor & Trainer specific
• Canine Use of Force
• Canine Search & Seizure
K9 Industry Standards
• Certification
• Training
• Policy
COST:
$150/seat
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Officers who successfully complete this course will receive Law Enforcement Training Board continuing education credit of 16 hours.
Questions?
Contact: Jennifer@sheepdogguardian.com
Location
Camp Camby, 10740 E CR 700 S, Camby, IN 46113
TIME: 2p-9p (lunch will be provided)
COST:
$100 Working spot – Includes event T-shirt!
–REGISTRATION LIMITED TO 15 working teams.
$50 Audit spots (unlimited)
This training is open to Military/Law enforcement only.
Instructor: Eric Stanbro, VanEss K9 Academy
Eric worked as a K9 handler and trainer from 2005-2018, recently retired as the head trainer from Canton Police Department K9 Unit, along with the Police K9 Association. Eric spent time as a trainer for Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (SEALs) training, America’s elite Multi-Purpose Working Dogs. He is also the co-host of Working Dog Radio podcast, where he interviews trainers and handlers from all over the world.
Instruction:
- Teaching how to start over and undo poor e-collar practices
- Learn how to use the e-collar as a gas pedal as well as a brake.
- How to use the e-collar to remove conflict between you and your working dog.
- Cleaning up your “out” within high stim corrections
https://www.vanessk9.com/
https://www.workingdogradio.com/
HOST: North Star International K9 Training Association
Location
Lakeview Ministries
13500 W Lake Road, Seymour IN 47274
Instructors: Click here for trainer bios
TIME: 8a-5p The camp cooks meals so training the training schedule
revolves around that. Our training day is usually 8 to 5 with lunch in the field. Fee includes: includes lodging in 4-bed cabin, all meals, full kitchen, & laundry
COST:
$435 Seminar
$ 75 Certification*
$260 Additional K9
$220 Audit
$ 0 Waitlist
Register for individual Seminar
- Wilderness Trailing
- Urban Trailing
- Land HRD (Human Remains Detection)
- Water HRD (Human Remains Detection)
CERTIFICATION
For Certification Standards click here
Questions?
Contact: Michael Sarvich sarvich@gmail.com
Central Indiana K9 Association should be your first stop when searching for training opportunities. In addition to quarterly training events for Central Indiana, we are thrilled to share other statewide training events.