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We started our annual certification today. I do five handlers at a time. Drugs first, then EDD's, the trackers, then the patrol. If all goes well, we'll be finished in 4 weeks. Our certification lasts two days. We do 21 vehicles, 7 at a time. One set of 7 will have two targets, one set of seven will have two targets and one set of vehicles will have a distractor odor. This year we are using mustard smeared plastic bags. We also do 15 rooms, three sets of 5. One set will be blank. We do a drug inventory of all issued training aids, then they are set for another year. Once this is done, we start a drug detector class. I've got six students for this class. Five of them are Troopers, one is a neighboring police department. It's a good deal for them, training is free. The only requirement is, I approve the dog before class starts. I've already evaluated the dog, and it's pretty solid. The handler wants it to be a dual purpose. Drug training will come first because I don't have a patrol dog school set until September.
I've got 23 months left ha ha, or I'm one bad day away from retirement, whichever comes first.
DFrost
I've got 23 months left ha ha, or I'm one bad day away from retirement, whichever comes first.
DFrost