Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part IV - Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission
Subpart E - LEGISLATIVELY ORDERED MATERIAL
Chapter 281 - LEGISLATIVELY ORDERED
MATERIAL RELATING TO CANINE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Appendix A - Canine Training and Certification Standards
Section 1 - Basic training
Universal Citation: 37 PA Code ยง 1
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Requirements. Prior to conducting police operations, a police canine unit must complete a basic training program that includes instruction in the following:
(1) Basic working dog skills
including temperament, obedience, apprehension and the like.
(2) Applicable specialty skills including
patrol, scent and the like.
(3)
Team training with the assigned handler.
(b) Evaluation/approval organizations. Following completion of basic training, the police canine unit must be evaluated and approved by a police canine trainer operating with the approval of one of the following organizations:
(1) American Mantrailing, Police & Work
Dog Association
(2) American Police
Canine Association
(3) National
Narcotic Detector Dog Association
(4) National Police Canine
Association
(5) National Tactical
Police Dog Association
(6) North
American Police Work Dog Association
(7) Penn Vet Working Dog Center
(8) Pennsylvania State Police
(9) United States Customs and Border
Protection
(10) United States
Police Canine Association
(11)
United Police and Corrections K-9 Association
(12) Transportation Security
Administration
(13) American
Working Dog Association
(14) Maine
Criminal Justice Academy
(15)
National Association of Professional Canine Handlers
(16) Pittsburgh Police Department
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