Canine Legal Update - April 6
Presented by Terry Fleck, deputy sheriff and canine handler (retired) and author of the Canine Legal Update and Opinions for supervisors and administrators plus patrol, narcotic and contraband, explosives, tracking, search and rescue and accelerant dog teams. This seminar has been taught nationwide to over 23,000 students. Praised for reducing canine unit liability and increasing K-9 officer safety, this seminar has been updated and is now available.
This one day course will address the following issues:
- Canine deployment issues
- Canine policy
- Report writing
- Handler compensation Issues
- Accidental bites
- Canines as a less-lethal force
- Extensive case law on canine applications
- Canine training
- Vicarious liability issues
- Narcotic and contraband canine case law
- Explosive canine case law
- Tracking canine case law
The course will address the legal issues of canine usage, canine tactics, and the prevention of litigation.
Defensive Tactics for K-9 Teams - April 7
A one day seminar presented by Terry Fleck.
This one-day course will cover these following areas:
- Contact / cover, using a police dog;
- Maintaining cover, using a police dog;
- Use of a police dog as a use of force;
- Combinations of use of force to control a physically aggressive suspect;
- Combining the use of a K-9 handler AND the dog as a use of force;
- The K-9 team successfully taking a suspect into custody.
There are three components necessary for a successful canine team:
- Canine training
- Tactical training for the handler;
- Legality training on the proper deployment and use of the canine.
This course will address the tactics needed for both the dog and handler, in order to win in a physical confrontation with a suspect.