VCSi is proud to present a complimentary 2 day workshop in Brevard County, Florida from April 25th to April 27th inclusive.
Patrol Dog Workshop
This workshop will introduce you to the VCSi staff and the training programs now available to you in Florida. The programs are free to attend, however will be limited to 30 patrol dogs in total, and 30 officers without dogs. This hands on program includes muzzle techniques, problem solving, live firearms training with your dog, tactical building searches, tactical obedience and night tacticals. Students with dogs will be required to attend with all their street working gear and an additional 150 rounds of live training ammunition.
K9 Commanders Program
Our K9 Commanders program will provide insight into efficient K9 management. Understanding how dog selection is made and the proper teaming of handlers with dogs. Handler selection will be discussed and a recommended handler selection process offered. Legal aspects, budget considerations and how to raise funds will be touched on as well as how to manage your unit. You will have an opportunity to view the various training routines taking place with the hands on workshop and have one on one interaction with some of the foremost instructors and leaders in the K9 industry. This program is limited to the first 30 officers who apply for this program and again is free of charge, courtesy of VCSi.
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VCSi is proud to present a complimentary 2 day workshop in Tampa Florida, from April 29th to May 1st inclusive, co-hosted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department.
Patrol Dog Workshop
This workshop will introduce you to the VCSi staff and the training programs now available to you in Florida. The programs are free to attend, however will be limited to 30 patrol dogs in total, and 30 officers without dogs. This hands on program includes muzzle techniques, problem solving, live firearms training with your dog, tactical building searches, tactical obedience and night tacticals. Students with dogs will be required to attend with all their street working gear and an additional 150 rounds of live training ammunition.
K9 Commanders Program
Our K9 Commanders program will provide insight into efficient K9 management. Understanding how dog selection is made and the proper teaming of handlers with dogs. Handler selection will be discussed and a recommended handler selection process offered. Legal aspects, budget considerations and how to raise funds will be touched on as well as how to manage your unit. You will have an opportunity to view the various training routines taking place with the hands on workshop and have one on one interaction with some of the foremost instructors and leaders in the K9 industry. This program is limited to the first 30 officers who apply for this program and again is free of charge, courtesy of VCSi.
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Vigilant Canine Services International along with the Thurston County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit is offering a 2-Day Problem Solving and Muzzle Training Techniques Course. This workshop is designed specifically to help handlers develop the proper skill set to correct control issues with their dogs, and improve their dogs responsiveness to control commands.
Specifically, positive training techniques will be used to reduce the stress levels that are so common in many dogs which prevent them from responding to commands. Problem solving will be focused on managing or improving responses to call the dog off a bite, recall work and increasing the intensity of the dog’s work ethic. Muzzle training will focus the dog on civil work thus improving deployments in real life situations and avoiding equipment fixations.
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Vigilant Canine Services International is offering a 2-Day K9 Assisted Interdiction Course covering aspects of parcel, passenger vehicle and airport interdiction. The first day will consist of a lecture that will explain to the attendees how to identify suspicious shipping characteristics and the use of air and overland transport smugglers use to move and conceal contraband. The attendees will complete the course with an understanding of the tactics and indicators used to identify smugglers.
This course is only available to current law enforcement personnel.
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Vigilant Canine Services International is offering a 3-Day K9 Assisted Interdiction Course covering aspects of parcel, passenger vehicle and airport interdiction. The first day will consist of a lecture that will explain to the attendees how to identify suspicious shipping characteristics and the use of air and overland transport smugglers use to move and conceal contraband. The attendees will complete the course with an understanding of the tactics and indicators used to identify smugglers.
This course is only available to current law enforcement personnel.
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Vigilant Canine Services International will be attending the California Narcotics Officers Association (CNOA) 47th Annual Training Institute and Law Enforcement Exposition November 12th and 13th in Sparks, Nevada. The CNOA is expecting around 2000 of its members to attend this year’s conference. The CNOA is a great association and we are pleased to be invited to their conference again this year. VCSi extends its list of world class K-9 services to all the members of the CNOA. We will customize K-9 programs to meet the needs of any CNOA member’s agency. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s expo.
VCSi will be sponsoring the Western State Police Canine Association (WSPCA) annual conference in Reno, Nevada. VCSi’s International Operations Manager Mr. Greg Wrigley, Director of Business Intelligence Mr. Shaun Hoover, and VCSi’s CEO Mr. Buck Dikes will be attending the conference. There will also be a large number of VCSi trainers that will be teaching and instructing K-9 training classes at the conference.
Mr. Dikes has again decided to generously donate a police K-9 to the WSPCA for this year conference raffle. VCSi is excited to work with the law enforcement agency that wins the donated K-9. We are looking forward to meeting all the attendees from law enforcement agencies all over the western United States. It is VCSi’s honor to be able to work with and help support the WSPCA.
November 18th, 2011
Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and VCSi will be sponsoring the Law Enforcement Canine Legal Update course presented by Terry Fleck, Ed.D. Mr. Fleck will be retiring from presenting courses and teaching at conferences at the end of this year. This will be your last opportunity to attend his Law Enforcement Canine Legal Update course in California. Please take this advantage of Mr. Fleck’s tremendous knowledge of canine legalities and tactics. This will be a course that you will not want to miss.
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November 19th, 2011
Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and VCSi will be sponsoring the Search and Rescue (SAR) Canine Legal Update course presented by Terry Fleck. SAR legal update courses are rare and this one is being presented by the absolute best in the business. Mr. Fleck will be retiring from presenting courses and teaching at conferences at the end of this year. This will be your last opportunity to attend his Search and Rescue Canine Legal Update course in California. Please take this advantage of Mr. Fleck’s tremendous knowledge of canine legalities and tactics. This will be a course that you will not want to miss.
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November 28th-30th, 2011
VCSi will be hosting a K9 Assisted Narcotics Interdiction Workshop in South San Francisco.
Vigilant Canine Services International is offering a 3-Day K9 Assisted Interdiction Course covering aspects of parcel, passenger vehicle and airport interdiction. The first day will consist of a lecture that will explain to the attendees how to identify suspicious shipping characteristics and the use of air and overland transport smugglers use to move and conceal contraband. The remaining two days will consist of hands-on exercises where the handlers and their canines will participate in mock scenarios searching passenger vehicles, parcels and luggage.The attendees will complete the course with an understanding of the tactics and indicators used to identify smugglers.
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