01/10/2022
2022 Conference Schedule
2022 WSPCA Conference Schedule
Monday, October 3, 2022
0900 to 1200 - Registration and Check In – Naples Ball Room
1200 to 1300 - Lunch Break
1300 to 1330 Welcome and Orientation
1330-1400 WSPCA Annual Metting
1400-1600 - Guest Speaker
DDA Cindy DeSilva
Ma*****na laws and K9 – Cindy will provide a better understanding of the current Ma*****na laws and how trained K9’s on Ma*****na are still useful.
1600 – 1700 - Trainer/Decoy Meeting
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
0800-1000
• Naples #1 Classroom – “K9 Patrol Tactical Considerations and OIS Debrief.” Kyle Shoberg; The description is, chasing the bite theory, considerations on K9 deployments in the field and debriefing my OIS involving my K9.
Naples #2 Classroom – Change is Coming — Are you one bite away from going to jail? Steve White, K9 is in the crosshairs. Activists leverage K9 bites as they attempt to defund or dismantle modern policing. The personal injury bar targets K9 bites for litigation. If we K9 officers are to continue to provide their irreplaceable services we’re going to have to change the way they do business. Modern policing now demands more of us than ever before. In this seminar you’ll learn:
• Why following Graham vs. Connor is no longer enough
• How Graham prongs can be interpreted and leveraged against officers
• Effective tactics that keep you, cover officers, and the public safe
• How and why to build your dog’s scent work indicator database
• How to train for, and deploy with, effective and defensible K9 best practices
• K9 training records—the major myth about them and how you can best use them
• How and when to say “No” to requests for unsuitable deployments
• The five critical aspects by which you and your deployments will now be judged
• Naples #3 Classroom – “Motivating your Detector Dog” Jeff Meyer, Every dog will, at some point, fall out of drive during a search. This class will explore several methods that you can start including in training and then transfer the same tools to street deployments. These techniques will help your dog get through distractions and back on task as well as keep you dog going through long an difficult searches.
1000-1200
Classes – Naples Ball Room
• Naples #1 Classroom - “Using a 30’ Line as a Tactical Tool” – Jimmie Davenport –
This class illustrates how to use the 30 foot lead on a variety of ways to the handler and K9s advantage. Videos of actual engagements and deployments are used to illustrate class points.
• Naples #2 Classroom – “Handler Survival” Vince Bingaman, Class will focus on employing proper tactics before, during and after a use of force involving your police service dog.
• Naples #3 Classroom – Zero to Hero, Bob Wright: This class will discuss the success of MK9 Solutions in breeding and developing detection dogs for law enforcement and national security in the largest program in the United States. The class will look at the proprietary multi-phased development program designed to take puppies from birth to one (1) year of age to be fully prepared and malleable for various training programs in the challenging detection dog world. The program was developed collaboratively by experts in the field of purpose-bred breeding, law enforcement K9 detection, genetics management, behavior, cognition, and nutrition with this specific objective in mind.
Noon – 1300
Lunch
1300-1700
Detection Field Activities
Patrol Field Activities
The hands-on training and scenarios will be posted for sign up in the registration area after the last class on Monday at 1715 hours. As always, we must limit the number of handlers at any one site to start the day, but after the start you are free to move from one location to another.
Wednesday October 5, 2022
0800 to 1000 - Classes – Naples Ball Room
• Naples #1 Classroom – “Tactical Area Searches” – Jeff Meyer - In the career of most patrol dog handlers many will be involved in large multi agency searches for high profile operations, such as an officer down. This class will help prepare you before that day comes by planning for the resources needed and the tactics used for a successful operation
• Naples #2 Classroom – “Managing Extreme Bite Work Issues” Bob Eden When a dog is deployed to locate a suspect, there will be times when it is necessary for the dog to make physical contact with the suspect to bring the arrest to a successful conclusion. In such circumstances the excitement levels are high. At the time of apprehension, the suspect, officer, and even back up officers are going through physiological changes that involve large dumps of adrenalin. It’s no different for any police dog. That dump of adrenalin can interfere with the dogs’ ability to think clearly, making it more difficult for the dog to release the bite. Some dogs are more prone to extreme bite work issues for a multitude of reasons. If you have a dog that will not release a bite on command, you are putting yourself at a major risk for potential liability and you are less tactically sound on the street.
Many bite work problems start with the extreme conditioning of the dogs’ behavior from the time they are a puppy. These problems are exacerbated by dogs that are bred to be more pain resistant, trained to fight harder and many that are prone to pain induced aggression. Understanding the physiological changes that occur in these dogs as well as some basic fundamental background can help you develop techniques to understand how to overcome extreme bite issues. His class will help you to understand the problems and provide you techniques to help you clean up your bite work to obtain a more controllable and responsive dog.
• Naples #3 Classroom – “Building Search Tactics and Considerations” Todd Kobitz This class goes over building searches and deals with handlers roles and tactics used.
1000 to Noon - Classes – Naples Ball Room
• Naples #1 Classroom – “Report Writing for K9” Jimmie Davenport , This class discusses the do’s and don’ts for Police K9 handlers when writing use of force reports. Videos of actual engagements and deployments are used to illustrate class points.
Naples #2 Classroom – “K9 Search Command and Control” Steve White, Patrol K9 searches are de facto tactical operations and must be handled as such. Gone are the days we’d fly by the seat in a rush to get the bad guy. The public and the courts expect today’s K9 searches to be executed with tactical precision and restraint. The only way to do that is to train and deploy in alignment with department policy and tactics. In the class you’ll learn:
• How K9 officers can harness ICS principles to get the job done with no muss or
fuss
• Search team roles and why they‘re so important
• Why the K9 handler must focus on only one thing
• Easy and safe steps to de-escalate in K9 deployments
• How to optimize search flow and tactics
• Naples #3 Classroom – “Single Purpose Detection K9 Selectio”, Ken Pavlick This class will focus on selection testing for single purpose detection K9’s
• 1300-1700
• Detection Field Activities
• Patrol Field Activities
1900 to finish - WSPCA Social at The Edge Nightclub inside the Peppermill
Open bar with free drinks, raffle and music. Free to conference attendees and helpers.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
1000 to Noon - Classes – Naples Ball Room
• Naples #1 Classroom – “Seven Deadly Sins”: Bob Wright; This class is designed to prepare Canine Handlers for real world encounters away from the training field. In addition to looking at the dangers of common errors made by all of us, it will look at the importance of realistic and operationally sound training. Although this class is particularly important for the new handler, the class also serves as a great reminder for experienced handlers, trainers and supervisors to ensure that they use their officer safety skills in the day-to-day deployments of their Police Service Dogs.
Naples #2 Classroom “Training to Tactics” — Why 16 hours per month and certification are not enough Steve White, Patrol K9 operations are under unprecedented scrutiny. Between anti-police activists, the DOJ, and others K9 officers and supervisors should expect that every deployment will come under the microscope and the most consistent avenues of attack are failure to train and failure to deploy as trained. In this workshop you’ll learn:
• How train for our modern environment
• The Three premises on which realistic K9 training must be based
• The Four Pillars on which effective K9 training must rest
• The real reason you need good K9 Records (Hint: it’s not for court)
• How to manage risks without avoiding them
• The four things every K9 handler wishes the chain of command understood.
• Naples #3 Classroom – “Handler Survival” Vince Bingaman, Class will focus on employing proper tactics before, during and after a use of force involving your police service dog.
Noon- 1300 Lunch
1300 to 1700
• Detection Field Activities
• Patrol Field Activities
Friday October 7, 2022
0900 to 1400
• Detection Field Activities
• Patrol Field Activities
