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About the Course
Everyone loves dogs and can become enamored when K-9 teams arrive on scene. Understanding the key role officers play in contact and cover is crucial to the success of each K-9 deployment. This course is designed to prepare police officers for how to better assist K-9 teams with tracking, detection, and area searches. Setting up containment areas and practicing the key principle of contact and cover enable K-9 teams to become more efficient and effective.
Your Instructor
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Rich Hardin
Rich Hardin has had a love for dogs all his life. After successful careers in law enforcement and teaching, Rich decided to turn his full attention to his passion, dogs and the people who care for them. Rich has had many great opportunities in the dog world. He has worked as canine handler and trainer in the law enforcement community, served as senior trainer for military special operations groups, and trained thousands of pet dogs in Virginia and Kentucky. Rich is a 20-year veteran of law enforcement where he served as a detective, instructor, K-9 officer, and SWAT member. He received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 2007 and his master's degree in 2012. Currently, he is the owner and operator of a dog training academy in Louisville, Kentucky. In his spare time, he can be found spending time with his family and pursuing his love for Jesus and dogs.