Dennis Clark

K9 Officer Dennis Clark is recently retired after over 4 decades of having police K9s as his K9 partners through the years have been single purpose, dual purpose, and bloodhounds. He is a Certified K9 handler and K9 trainer by the State Dept, Dept of Defense& Ky Dept of Criminal Justice

He worked for 7 years with the Dept of Homeland Security as a manager and an investigator

During his years of service as a K9 Officer he was awarded The Valor Award, Meritorious Award, LifeSaving Award and Officer of the Year to name a few. He is the CEO of Tactical Detection K9 from 2012 to date selling K9s to police and military Units.

He has been featured on FOX News and in numerous newspaper features and local tv station in the Louisville Area, he was also an overseas contractor with missions in Kosovo, Jordan ,Afghanistan and handled a Explosive detection K9 in Basra Iraq at the American Consultant

He was one of the trainers for the K9 used in the Subway Jared case.

Dennis has written 3 K9 Books that are available on Amazon “My police K9 Partners and Our true Stories”, “We weren’t Navy Seals, but We got the Job Done” and a children’s book “Dash’s Dream Comes True”

He has produced 2 K9 training videos.

He is considered an expert in the area of scent work especially Tracking

Dennis lives in Louisville Ky and is a consultant and expert witness.


Class: Survival Starts before the Shift Begins

It is important to prepare before your shift by checking all of your equipment and making sure your K-9 is in good physical condition. You will hear how my K-9 was killed by a suspect.