K-9 Interdiction

VCSi is now offering K-9 assisted interdiction training. Our interdiction training courses are taught by interdiction expert Pat Kropholler. VCSi has the ability to tailor training courses to meet the needs of any department. We can assist you in the development of an interdiction unit or help to ensure your current interdiction unit is operating at is highest potential. For further information please email Pat Kropholler or contact the VCSi’s corporate office (530) 528-VDOG

K-9 Assisted Interdiction Course Outline

K9 Interdiction

K-9 Finds 28 Kilos of Cocaine

    • Courses designed to train K-9 handlers in the techniques of how to identify low level, mid level and high level contraband smugglers when they are most vulnerable; while in transit.
      • Courses tailored for use in the 50 states under specific legal standards and abroad
      • Will cover passenger and commercial vehicle interdiction. Classes can be tailored for parcel, and mass transit interdiction
    • Classes will cover how all three classes of smugglers conceal contraband and why. (Low, mid and high level)
    • Criminal Smuggling and Domestic Terrorism
    • K-9 Use
      • Proper timing and safe deployment
      • Working in a roadside environment
      • Working the scent and understanding affects on odor
      • Dealing with masking agents and the theory of K-9 mental mapping
      • Identifying a final alert response.
      • Being the K-9’s “interpreter”
      • Proper documentation of the K-9 alert
        • Defining lingering odor
    • How to identify hidden traps and accessing them safely
K9 Interdiction

Seized Drug Money

    • Dealing with evidence
    • Report writing
    • Taking the stop further, ie: Follow up investigations, controlled deliveries, and networking with state and federal agencies.
      • Developing Informants (Presentation from actual cooperator)
    • Courtroom preparation and testimony. Being the prosecutors “K-9 expert”.
      • State and Federal Court
      • Legal aspects
        • Search warrants
    • Walls and whisper stops, from a K-9 handler’s prospective
    • Currency and bulk cash smuggling
      • Difference between criminal and civil investigations
      • When to take a currency seizure state or federal depending on current state laws
      • Use of a K-9 for currency sniff
        • Scientific theory of contaminated bills
        • Difference between direct contamination and recent contamination
        • Proofing off currency circulated and uncirculated cash
K-9 Interdiction

3.5 Pounds of Meth detected by K-9

  • Proper documentation of K-9 activity and training
    • Documenting all final alert responses
    • Differences in “false alerts” and “false positives”
    • Documenting a “NPA” Non Productive Alert
    • Documenting a miss
    • K-9 Terminology for report writing and courtroom testimony
    • Documenting “Probable Cause” searches
  • Specialized Individual/Agency Instruction
    • I come to your department for one-on-one training, tailored to your department needs
    • Consulting for program development and implementation
    • “Work your roads” in actual enforcement setting
    • Help in determining and identifying your traffic trends
    • Interdiction K-9 development
      • Work one-on-one with your K-9 Handler
      • Imprinting your K-9 on “Interdiction Odors” (Large finds)
      • Proofing
      • Proper K-9 deployment and safety concerns