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Patrol/Narcotics K9 Handler Course

Patrol/Narcotics K9 Handler Course

July 14 – August 22, 2025

Scotland Neck, NC


Our Patrol/Narcotics K9 training course consist of the following training disciplines:

Patrol Training
  • Obedience including on and off leash control responding to verbal commands and hand signals.
  • Agility and confidence training including vertical jumps, broad jumps, ladder climbing, elevated walks, crawling, slippery floors, and loud and unusual noises.
  • Apprehension including single and multi-person apprehensions, recall and call outs, apprehensions from vehicle, vehicle extraction, handler protection, prisoner escort, apprehension with gunfire.
  • Article Search/Evidence Recovery includes finding articles with evidentiary value such as crime scene evidence or articles used in a crime. Training will involve articles that both contain human scent and articles void of human scent.
  • Open area search utilizing airborne scent work to detecting hidden suspects in outdoor areas of concealment.
  • Building search utilizing tactical search techniques for locating and apprehending suspects hidden within buildings.
  • Tracking/Trailing with scent discrimination over various types of surfaces on tracks at least one hour old and one mile long.
Narcotics Detection Training
  • Narcotic detection training on Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine or other narcotic odors as your needs dictate.
  • K9 search procedures of buildings, vehicles, open and wooded areas, and packages/luggage.

Price for this course includes:

  • Trained K9
  • Handler training (6 week course)
  • Lodging for handler during training (Optional)
  • All necessary training equipment
  • Classroom materials and training manual
  • K9 Health and Performance Guarantees
  • Complete veterinarian exam of K9, health and vaccination records

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