K9 Consultants of America is committed to the improvement of Police Service Dog teams by helping identify strengths and weaknesses of a particular team through independent review. This review can be accomplished with an onsite examination or review of training and field records.
Police Administrators demand monthly stats on the dog's actual field performance. Avoid such incidents as United States vs. Christy, or Az. vs Wright., and the problems Fort Bend County Texas Sheriff's Deputy is encountering. Also, establish a policy of certification and adequate record keeping. Certification must be based on real-world conditions, and must demostrate the dog will only respond to the intended target and nothing else. This can only be onbtained when evaluators intentionally place items that may inducue an incorrect response. In United States vs. Clarkson one of the most highly recongized person in the police dog industry supported the use of a non-certified dog. The courtruled the dog should not have been put into service and the record keeping was inadequate.
Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, and the Courts need unbiased information about the team's performance. By allowing K9 Consultants to review the team to be used in court, prosecutors can receive an independent objective analysis and avoid unexpected revelations about the team's abilities that could impede the ability to effectively prosecute a case. The prosecutor in the Wright case was a former dog handler. Prosecutors help get more drugs off the street by demanding proof of reliablity and certification validity on every team. It will make your job easier.
Defense attorneys in cases were a dog was used to establish probable cause to search K9 Consultants can help protect the integrity of the 4th Amendment by exposing poorly trained detector dog teams to the court. They can also avoid wasting time and resources by not attacking teams that are well-trained.
Well trained dogs are an asset to law enforcement. Poorly trained dog teams are a liability. Reduce liability and increase effectiveness with an independent review from K9 Consultants of America.
K9 Consultants of America can analyze a team's training and utilization records and provide an objective assessment of a team.
