Instructor Course Information
The Landheim Law
Enforcement Training Center takes great pride in the quality of its training
programs and staff. Our goal is to always offer the latest and best
training available.
The
Instructor's course is geared towards training an officer from your department
in new, innovative methods of Police Dog Training. The Instructor Course,
which is eight weeks in duration and entails 440 hours of instruction, is
detailed with information concerning psychological evaluation of prospective
K-9's. This knowledge gives an excellent awareness of what limitations
and potentials exist with your dog.
Instructor Course Outline
- Drives and instinct as they pertain to apprehension
- Fight drive vs. Prey drive
- Review case laws concerning the use of Force Apprehension
- Practicality and application of Reasonable Force Apprehension
- Courtroom presentation and behavior
- Muzzle training, theory and practice
- Methods of instruction
- Agitation techniques with muzzle, ring suit, civil, concealed an exposed sleeve
- Equipment currently available for apprehension training
- Building search tactics
- Building entry techniques
- Psychology use and training for the Three Phase Release
- Control of apprehension scene
- Build up work
- Puppy agitation
- Problem Solving
- Directed Search
- Handler defense
- Tactical Deployment of Police Dogs in armed encounters.
- Stressed decision making
- Deployment of Police Dogs with Special Response Teams.
- Use of Police Dogs in undercover or decoy operations
- Maintaining safety on training grounds.
B. Tracking and Evidence Search
- Theory of human scent vs. ground disturbance
- Factual scientific research and conclusions
- Physics of tracking
- Preservation of criminal evidence by non-destructive indications
- Ground scent vs. air scent
- Courtroom presentation of evidence and testimony
- Climate and conditions and effects on tracking
- Methods of instruction
- Training procedures for tracking dogs
- Training and proper use of directed evidence
- Voice inflection in tracking
- Leash handling
- Motivation and stimulation of the dogs Tracking Drive
- Problem solving
- Deployment and use of backups
C.
Canine Psychology
- Fundamental of Canine Psychology
- Behavior evaluation
- Drives and instincts relative to Police Dog pre-requisites
- Solving problem behavior
- Reward, conflict and stress relating to training
- Use of conflict training
- Skeletal System
- Muscular System
- Use and functions of vital organs
- Orthopedic problems encountered by Police Service Dogs
- In-depth study of olfactory system
- Emergency canine First Aid
- Basic life support
- Genetic and breed characteristics
- Problem recognition within breeds
- Basic understanding of proponent bloodlines
E.
Canine Unit Administration
- Documentation of training
- Budgeting
- Establishing policy and procedures
- Handler selection
- Staff
- Training standards and practices
- Civil liability
- Vicarious liability
- Case review
- Kennel set-up and management
- Daily maintenance, nutrition, vaccinations, Etc.
- Disease control
- Vehicle set-up (safety and practicality)
- Established Police and civilian canine
- Public relations with community groups and media
- Participation with civilian canine organizations
- Use of video recorder for critique and documentation purposes
Instructor Course Formats and Prices
(please call for pricing - we will post updated pricing soon)
Format I
Landheim
will conduct and eight week Instructor Training Program where your officer will
receive training to prepare him to handle the training and retraining needs of
your departments K-9. This in-depth training course will include
classroom, written exams and field work. Tuition for this course is (please call) including the purchase of a dog. This includes all instruction,
use of equipment, notebooks, kenneling and board of the dog. This does
not include food and lodging for the officer.
Format
II
You
may choose to send your officer to our eight week Instructor School and not
purchase a dog. The tuition is (please call) not including housing or food
for the officer.
Format
III
Landheim will conduct an Instructor School, four weeks in duration, for either Patrol or Detector. Cost of this course is (please call) for Detector, (please call) for Patrol with a dog or (please call) for Detector, (please call) for Patrol if no dog is purchased. This does not include food or lodging for your handler.
Please call for pricing - we will be posting updated pricing sooon.
In
order to guarantee enrollment in the above courses, Landheim must receive a
signed contract from the department accompanied by a check or purchase order
number for one-half of the contract price, six weeks prior to the first day of
class. Any department may sign up by telephone but will not be guaranteed
the class until contract and money or purchase order are received.
Balance due at start of first class.
