Each year we try and pick from some of the top K9 trainers in the United States. These instructors have dedicated themselves to years of training and time on the streets.
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Brad Smith
Corporal Smith has been a police officer since 1981. He was a K9 handler for 20 years and a SWAT dog handler for 18 years. Corporal Smith retired in June 2010.
Corporal Smith is the founder of Canine Tactical Operations & Consulting or K9TacOps for short. Corporal Smith provides consulting services to law enforcement on K-9 related issues such as: dog and handler selection, oral boards, training, report writing, policy, case law, use of force, deployment tactics for K-9 patrol deployments and K-9 SWAT operations. Read More
Gene Ramirez, ESQ
Gene Ramirez worked as a Deputy District Attorney for the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office, where he conducted numerous misdemeanor and felony jury trials, including murder trials. He has also worked as a reserve police officer for the Whittier Police Department and the Monterey Park Police Department. Read More
Franco Angelini
Franco Angelini. In September 2005, Franco retired after serving 25 years in law enforcement. Beginning with his experience as K9 handler/trainer with the US Army, through his years with the United States Secret Service, and as a K9 Handler/Trainer for the Harrisburg City Police Department now gives him the opportunity concentrate on his passion of educating handlers in the art of decoying, problem solving and behavior modification. Read More.
Jerry Bradshaw
Girard William “Jerry” Bradshaw is the CEO and Training Director for Tarheel Canine Training, Inc. of Sanford, North Carolina. Jerry is a professional consultant to various Police agencies and private corporations for K9 training & deployment. Jerry is often featured speaker at Police K9 conferences and has been invited to instruct at workshops and seminars around the country. Jerry has written articles for Dog Sport Magazine and Police K9 Magazine, and is the author of the forthcoming book Controlled Aggression in Theory & Practice. Read More.
Ken Licklider
Ken Licklider is the owner and Chief of Vohne Liche Kennels. Ken is a retired Senior Master Sergeant from the Air Force with over 27 years experience as a trainer and kennel manager. He is world renowned for his scent work, which has been copied by trainers worldwide to include Dutch Customs. He has trained/worked with over thousands of dogs in his career. Read More.
Ken Pavlick
Ken Pavlick, the head trainer of Pacific Coast Canine, has over 23 years experience handling, training, and supervising patrol dogs, explosive detector dogs, and narcotic detector dogs.
Ken began his working dog career in the United States Air Force in 1982, where he was a patrol dog handler, explosive detector dog handler, and a narcotic detector dog handler. He eventually advanced to positions as a patrol dog trainer, detector dog trainer and finally, supervisor of a detector dog section. Read More.