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 2 - Maintenance training and evaluation

Universal Citation: 37 PA Code § 2

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Training. Every police canine unit shall accomplish 16 hours of monthly maintenance training that includes the following:

(1) Review basic skills.

(2) Review specialty skills.

(3) Review use of force decision-making by the handler.

(b) Attendance.

(1) A police canine unit that is unable to complete monthly training shall document the reasons and will be required to make up the missed training at the next available opportunity.

(2) A police canine unit that fails to accomplish monthly training for 2 consecutive months will be required to be evaluated in accordance with subsection (c) before being permitted to conduct police operations.

(c) Evaluation/approval. At least once per calendar year, each police canine unit must be evaluated and approved by a police canine trainer as specified in § 1(a) (relating to basic training).

(d) Evaluation/probation. A police canine unit that fails an evaluation may continue to conduct police operations for a period not to exceed 60 days, during which the canine unit must be re-evaluated and approved.

(e) Removal from service. A police canine unit not meeting evaluation and approval standards within 60 days will be removed from service until the police canine unit is successfully evaluated and approved.

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