Law Enforcement Program
The Vigilant Canine Law Enforcement Program is more innovative and more cost effective than any other program in our industry. Our program is one that can be tailored to each department’s specific needs. If you are currently using or considering a vendor without Law Enforcement experience, you may want to reconsider. VCSi’s Law Enforcement Program (LEP) was developed by former Law Enforcement K-9 Services Professionals. Our program addresses the needs of a productive K-9 unit while providing solutions to the budget difficulties that many departments are facing.
The VCSi LEP will provide you with dynamic monthly maintenance training. VCSi trains to meet or exceed your local state K-9 requirements and your department’s K-9 policies. We understand that if your K-9 team is exposed to numerous real world scenarios they will be more familiar with the situations they will face in the field. This will help your K-9 perform at a higher level and optimize the K-9 units overall performance. We also provide all the needed canine training equipment and the agitators to make training exciting and highly productive.
VCSi offers the following:
Site and needs assessment- Initial program start-up assistance, to include fundraising assistance
- Canine Department Policy development assistance and review
- Dog and handler selection assistance (VCSi selects a dog that fits your needs and the needs of the community)
- Equipment selection and inspection
- Veterinarian selection and assistance
- Familiarization/expectation training for the administrators, and non-handler officers (in house)
- Initial Basic Handlers Course (taught by Certified Instructors). This training will be conducted on site at your facility, to reduce costs for life support and housing of your handlers/staff
- 8-16 hours of monthly maintenance training provided on site at your location
- Yearly required evaluation by a Certified evaluator
- 24/7 day a week support and consulting services available. You need us, call us!
Assistance with records keeping and report writing- Yearly liability and case law review courses
- Advanced courses; i.e. S.W.A.T., Explosives Detection/I.E.D.-Secondary Device Courses available upon request
- On-going basic, intermediate and advanced courses offered throughout the state
- Expert witness services (K9) upon request, as needed
- The industry’s Best Replacement Program-Guarantee
VCSi’s Replacement Program
VCSi’s is so sure that our K-9s are of superior quality that we offer the best guarantee in the K-9 industry. Our operations capacity allows us to provide services no other vendor can provide. VCSi provides a 5 year guarantee on workability, if your dog should become unworkable within the first 5 years, VCSi will replace the dog free of charge. If for any reason the dog develops an illness or disease within the first 5 years that disables the dog, VCSi will also replace the dog, free of charge. If you’re not satisfied with your dog, then neither are we. We take pride in our work and do all that we can to select the right dog the first time.
For VCSi, is not about volume, it about relationship. We want to establish a relationship built on trust and one that becomes a partnership over time. VCSi’s staff members are from the Law Enforcement Alumni, we understand the mission and what needs to be achieved.
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Law Enforcement Program Options
Option 1: Pick any services you need from the offered services list
Service dog: $5,000.00 (with LEP membership) $7,000.00 (for non-member)
Initial Basic Handlers Course with Certification: $700 per week
Monthly maintenance training 8 – 16 hours: $175.00 – $250.00 per team
Expert witness services: $140.00 per hours, plus travel/expenses
Option 2: Law Enforcement Program Membership (LEP) First Year
First year includes:
- Service dog
- Initial Basic Handlers Course with Certification
- This includes all the services stated in the LEP description
- Ongoing maintenance training 8 – 16 hours per month
- Admission to one VCSi course event per year
Cost of first year membership: $5,000.00 for service dog + cost of basic handler course + cost of monthly enhancement training
Option 3: LEP Second Year + /or if VCSi takes over an existing team
Yearly fee dependent upon the training hours desired by the client. This includes all the services stated in the LEP description.
This is how LEP works. VCSi will provide you with a dog, the basic handler’s course, the initial certification and evaluation for the team and all the training and services listed above in the LEP description for $11,500.00 per team per year (with 200 hour basic course and 16 hours per month training), for the initial year. This is less expensive than just buying a dog from some vendors. This includes 1 training course anywhere in the state for training offered by VCSi as well. VCSi will also come to your location for the monthly enhancement training, or close to your city so that minimal travel time and overnight stays are not an issue. We have certified, experienced trainers located all over the U.S. to services all the needs of Law Enforcement. Once an agency accepts our program and becomes a member, we provide them with a dog and the training on an ongoing basis for the life of the contract. If the contract continues on for 10 years, as dogs and training are needed, we provide the services. If we take on existing dog teams, the fees are adjusted as stated above.
We have worked hard to make our premium K-9s and our Law Enforcement Program available to every law enforcement agency. We also have the ability to customize programs if you are facing budget difficulties. VCSi is looking forward to the opportunity to serve you and help to optimize your K-9 program.
