| 8.) "The Highway Man" Equipment: - One decoy in full bite suit.
- Pedestrian with shoulder purse
- One bicycle
"The Highway Man" Scenario: - You witness a young punk with a bicycle watching a woman. The woman has just cashed her paycheck and is putting the cash in her shoulder bag.
- As the punk, now on his bicycle, rides by her, he grabs her purse and takes off on his bicycle
- You are about 40 yards away with your K-9 and you call out for the punk to stop or you will send you dog.
- He does not stop. Instead he makes a crude gesture in your direction.
- You send your K-9 to stop the punk.
- The K-9 must not bite the woman who was robbed as he is going after the bicyclist.
- The K-9 must apprehend the punk trying to escape on the bicycle.
- When the K-9 has the punk off his bicycle and the punk is attempting to fight with the dog, you reach the scene.
- You must command your dog to release the punk and to guard him while you search the punk for weapons and then you go to retrieve the woman's purse.
- As soon as you turn toward the purse, the punk makes another attempt to escape by running off.
- Your K-9 guarding him must quickly stop him as he attempts to flee.
- When your dog has again apprehenden him, you tell the punk to "freeze up" and you will call off the dog.
- When the punk does, you command your K-9 to release. When the K-9 releases the exercise ends and you can heel your K-9 away.
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