Three Day Seminar

Course Description

This training class is designed for canine handlers and unit supervisors. The class consists of one and a half days of instruction. The remaining day and a half is for certification of the narcotic detection teams. The classroom subjects include instruction in canine case law, court room testimony, handling techniques, training aid handling and storage, obtaining training aids, necessary equipment, canine and handler selection and unit supervision. Problem solving is stressed and discussed. The certification is conducted by Steve Sloan. He is the certifying official for the International Narcotics Interdiction Association (I.N.I.A.). The training will be conducted in accordance with I.N.I.A. standards. All teams must correctly locate and alert to marijuana, cocaine and heroin to be certified. Methamphetamine certification is optional.

Instructors

Steve Sloan has been a member of the San Diego Police Department for over 26 years. He started working narcotic detection canines in 1985 as the first narcotic detection canine handler for the department. In 1988, Steve developed and taught the first narcotic detection canine class for the San Diego Police Department. Steve was the lead narcotic detection canine trainer for the San Diego Police Department from 1988 to 1993. In 1993 Detective Sloan was promoted to Detectives and transferred to the Narcotics Section. Steve was assigned to the San Diego International Airport Harbor Narcotic Task Force as a Detective/Canine handler from 1993 to 1996. Steve developed a narcotic detection canine program for the Investigation Bureau of the San Diego Police Department and currently has three additional narcotic detection canines assigned for training. Steve was assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration, San Diego Integrated Narcotic Task Force Parcel Interdiction team from 1996 to 2004. He was assigned parcel/freight investigations for eight years and is currently assigned again to the San Diego Airport interdiction team. Steve is the current president of the California Narcotic Canine Association, certifying official, executive board member and is one of its founding members. Steve is also a member of the board of directors of the International Narcotic Interdiction Association. Steve was the California Narcotic Officers Association Region IV Chairman from 1992 through 1996. Steve has instructed for the Drug Enforcement Administration, JETWAY, SKYNARC, INIA, California Narcotic Officers Association, Arizona Narcotic Officers Association, California Narcotic Canine Association, State of California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and San Diego Police Department. Steve has acquired extensive knowledge and expertise in working narcotic detection canines, canine case law, canine court testimony, parcel interdiction and airport interdiction. . Sloan is an internationally recognized expert on narcotic detection dogs and their training. He has lectured throughout the United States, as well as in Brazil, Germany, Egypt, Mexico and Saipan Steve has testified as a State of California and Federal court recognized expert in the fields of narcotic canine detection and training and parcel interdiction.
E-mail - steve@inia.org.

David Rivers is a Detective Sergeant with the Oklahoma City Police Department and has seventeen years of law enforcement experience, including 11 years of narcotics investigative experience. He has a degree in Police Science from the Oklahoma State University. David is currently part of the Oklahoma City Drug Interdiction Unit. He is a State of Oklahoma and DEA certified law enforcement instructor and has instructed bus and parcel interdiction at Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs A-One Conference, California Narcotics Canine Association, Drug Enforcement Administrations Jetway Programs and SkyNarc conferences. David is a certified drug detector dog handler and is currently a drug detector dog certifier for the State of Oklahoma.

Chic Daniel retired as a Detective from the Los Angeles Police Department in 1998. Daniel was a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) for eleven years. During this time, he was involved in the service of hundreds of high risk search warrants. Daniel was also a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team dealing with barricaded suspects, suicide threats and hostage situations. Chic was assigned for five years as a narcotics canine handler at the Los Angeles International Airport. During his career, Detective Daniel has taught subjects which include search warrant preparation and service, crisis negotiations, airport interdiction and courtroom testimony relating to narcotic detection canines.