L.E.O. Patrol Detector Dog Handler

Overview

The L.E.O. Patrol Detector Dog Handler Course is a comprehensive training program designed to prepare canine teams for law enforcement operations and detection work. The course includes academic instruction on canine safety, health care, conditioning principles, and safety protocols for explosives and narcotics. Detection training emphasizes odor recognition, search patterns, and passive response to target odors in diverse environments. Patrol training focuses on bite work and tracking, ensuring canine teams are equipped for real-world law enforcement scenarios

Admission Requirements

Must be a High School or GED graduate.

Course Details

Course Code: AK9ITA - 010

Duration: 6 Weeks

Clock Hours: 240

Admin Fee: $100

Tuition Fee: $20,300

Academics

Orientation on canine safety, health care, grooming, kenneling, and transportation
Advanced principles of conditioning: operant and classical conditioning
Safety protocols for handling and transporting explosives and narcotics
Kennel safety practices and procedures
Introduction to escape training, canine sensory spectrum, and titration levels

Obedience

Application of conditioning principles: reward schedules, fixed/variable ratios, and intervals
Commands: “sit, stay, down, heel, come” and walking in heel position
Obstacle agility course training
Conditioning dogs to respond to verbal and hand commands

Detection

Canine odor recognition protocols: 4-hole variable and odor wall
Practical application of detector dog handling: search patterns and procedures in various settings, including buildings, vehicles, warehouses, stadiums, offices, open areas, parcels, luggage, and bomb threat responses
Conditioning dogs to detect and passively respond to target odors in diverse environments using operant conditioning methods

Patrol

Bite work and grip development
Decoy mechanics and development
Pursuit and apprehension
Apprehension from vehicles (bailouts)
Apprehension with gunfire and vehicle extractions

Handler protection and prisoner escorts
Recalls and outs
Tracking and Trailing