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Patrol Duty K-9 Certification (PD K-9 Cert.)

400 hour PD K-9 Certification Course includes:

-  20 Hours In-Class Instruction

- 100 Hours Obedience Work

- 100 Criminal Apprehension / Man Work

-  40 Hours Building Search

-  40 Hours Area Search

- 100 Hours Electives (Agility, Article Search, Man Tracking, & etc.)

Each K-9 Team must document (including a SDAssoc. Certified Trainer's signature) their compliance with the course requirements, as well as, pass a Demonstration and Evaluation of Proficiency covering all above areas to earn the Patrol Duty K-9 Certification (PD K-9 Cert.) designation.

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PD K-9 TRAINING COURSE - OUTLINE:

I.  IN-CLASS

  A.  Group Training

1.   Report Writing
2.   Proper Routine Care of the Canine
3.   Historical Background of K-9 Use
4.   First-Aid Treatment for the K-9
5.   Legal Aspects of Using a K-9
6.   Field Procedures
7.   Record Keeping

II.  OBEDIENCE

  A.  Basic Commands

1.   Sit
2.   Down
3.   Stand
4.   Heel
5.   Come

  B. Advanced Commands

1.   Distance Control
2.   Stay
3.   Social Exposure (people)
4.   Control of Animal Aggression
5.   Motion Exercises

III.  CRIMINAL APPREHENSION

  A.  MAN WORK

1.   Apprehension Under "Normal" Conditions
2.   Apprehension Under Gunfire
3.   Recall
4.   Handler Protection

IV.  BUILDING SEARCH

  A.  Team Training

1.   Use of Olfactory & Hearing senses
2.   Handler Control
3.   Handler & K-9 Coordination of Efforts
4.   Recognition of K-9's Alert

V.  AREA SEARCH

  A.  Locating Suspect Outdoors (multiple terrains)

1.   Woods
2.   Wetland
3.   Prairie
4.   Thickets
5.   Farm Fields

  B.  Proper Search Techniques

1.   Selection of Equipment
2.   Deployment
3.   Scent Cone
4.   Wind Effects on Scent Cone

VI.  ELECTIVES

  A.  Agility

1.   Hurdles
2.   Broad Jump
3.   Catwalk
4.   Wall Scaling
5.   Movement Through Drainage Pipe

  B.  Article Search

1.   Wood
2.   Plastic
3.   Metal
4.   Cloth
5.   Paper

  C.  Man Tracking

1.   Types of Scent
2.   Composition of Scent
3.   Training Procedures
4.   Tracking Variables

PLEASE NOTE:  Each of the various phases and excerises of the Patrol Duty K-9 Certification (PD K-9 Cert.) are identical to the corresponding Incremental Patrol Duty (PD) Title (except for the PD Titles the dog is "on lead"). For more detailed information on any section of the PD K-9 Cert. examination, at the top of this page you can click on the phase you wish for a detailed explaination of the phase and each exercise of that phase - or - click on "PD-Titles" on the left to see the virtually identical corresponding PD title examination detail.