Police Detection Dogs at National Certification Event

Police Drug Detection Dog


Police K9 Teams from around the country are gathering in Lakeland, Fla., this week to see who will be named the top Police Detection Dogs. For three days, the United States Police Canine Association is meeting at Florida Southern University and holding its national detector dog trials. Which means that about eighty teams from across the U.S. are competing. Dogs, guided by their human handlers, are tested on their ability to sniff out drugs, explosives, arson materials, cadavers and wild game depending on their training and use within the Police Force they are a part of. Dogs are generally trained to do one or two things – sniff out drugs and find people for the dogs who are more high strung and show difficulty just pointing to a found opbject, or sniff out explosives and find cadavers for dogs that can track and then point without moving any closer to the found object as a high strung dog that wants to pounce on explosives wouldn’t be a good thing but a dog willing to pounce on a suitcase of drugs is not going to harm anyone.

Handlers and organizers say these tests mentally stimulating for the dogs who are always practicing with their handlers at home but in the new setting and with the tasks at such a high level to allow the dogs to be certified by a national organization that the dogs are really put to the test. The reason why so many K9 Teams attend this event is because certification from the Police K9 Association is crucial to a dog and handler’s credibility when the team’s evidence is presented during a criminal court case.





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  1. Three Cheers for all dogs who do a great job of just making their best friends happy,,,,but I offer an extra cheer for those dogs who are service and working dogs. Thank You for making our lives easier and safer. Hip Hip Hooray to all of you.

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