What is this course about?
This 16 hour course ensures that K9 detection teams maintain all the skills necessary to successfully locate and alert any scent in various situations.
Topics to be covered:
- Searching for odors in an apartment, house, or building with misleading scents
- Searching for odors in an animal stall, barn, or similar area
- Searching for odors in darkened or low light conditions
- Searching for odors with cleaning items, such as mops and vacuums, as distractions
- Searching for odors on passenger and commercial vehicles: inside, outside, and under the vehicles
- Searching for odors in one of many parcels
- Searching for a minimum of 15 minutes before locating one odor to show endurance
- Searching an area with no odor; a blank search
- Searching a vehicle with no odor; a blank search
Areas will be set up to allow for re-certification of:
- Explosives
- Other odors, as needed (Please call before class to ensure we have everything ready for your re-certification.)
Adlerhorst K9’s courses are California POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training) approved, meaning they meet the state’s highest professional training standards for law enforcement. POST approval ensures that our programs are recognized, credible, and held to strict guidelines designed to improve officer performance and public safety. For departments and handlers, this means training that is not only top tier but also officially recognized toward professional requirements and advancement. The POST approval number for the Detection Re-Certification is #24029.
