Bob Eden’s Bio

K-9 Trainer, Bob Eden

Bob Eden

Bob is a retired 28 year police veteran with over 30 years of dog training experience and 16 years as a police dog handler. He has authored two books, “Dog Training for Law Enforcement” and “K9 Officers Manual” and has been involved in the development of a number of video productions for law enforcement K-9 training. In 1988 I was appointed to the B.C. Police Commission’s committee to create minimum police dog training standards for law enforcement agencies in the province of British Columbia.

Bob was appointed by the World Police & Fire Games Committee of California to coordinate the competition site for the World Police & Fire Games Police Dog Championships, held in Vancouver, BC in 1989. In 1991 Bob created and developed the International Police K9 Conference in an attempt to bring a professional training seminar to officers which was not politically oriented or specific to any particular style of training. The intent was to support all officers in methods which meet their specific needs.

He has also authored articles and columns in such periodicals as Police Magazine, Law and Order, Police and Security News, Finland’s Rottweiler Magazine, The Police K9 Recruiter, and Offlead Magazine from Australia. Presently Bob is a contributing editor for Police K9 Magazine. In October 2005 Bob conducted training in Brazil, where at the request of the United States Government he assisted in the development and training of officers for Brazil’s first explosives dog program.

Bob is a POST Certified Instructor for the State of California and teaches Police K9 Unit Management for the California Peace Officers Association twice annually. Bob’s last post being with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia working international organized crime projects.

Bob’s ongoing assignment will be to assist VCSi with the development and execution of the most up-to-date and state of the art training programs in the industry. With Bob’s help, our goal is to become the world leader in the progressive training of police dogs.