The City of Sevierville’s 18th Annual K-9 Team Street Survival School is currently underway. The week long school concludes on Friday, December 8, 2006.
The seminar is designed to enhance K-9 team proficiency at basic and advanced levels with a focus on patrol and narcotics detection. The most advanced techniques and methods in law enforcement K-9 patrol and narcotic detection will be discussed and demonstrated. The seminar has been approved by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission at 40 hours of in-service training.
Over fifty teams from more than five states are attending the seminar. Classroom instruction is taking place at the Comfort Inn Suites Conference Center on Highway 66 in Sevierville.
Head seminar instructor Charles Kirchner, founder and head trainer of Canine Consultants, has been training law enforcement canines for over 45 years. Form 1960 to 1980 he served as a dog handler, canine instructor, and senior trainer for the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D. C. He oversaw the development, training, and management of their extensive canine division. At the height of its operation, the division had close to 100 active canine units. In 1970, he initiated an extensive international search for information on the training of explosive detection dogs. Dismayed by the lack of information on the subject, and concerned over the rise in terrorist threats, he committed himself to the task of training the world’s first true explosive detection dog. In 1970 the first explosive detection dog completed its training and was put into service. In 1980 he retired from the Metropolitan Police Department, and formed Canine Consultants. Canine Consultants was established as a result of his determination to never compromise his principles or technique to provide the ultimate canines to law enforcement agencies throughout the world. His impressive credentials and client list are resounding proof of his success. He is a certified expert witness in training procedures for canine officers and the deployment of police service dogs.
Lieutenant Eddie Helton, K-9 Specialist with the Sevierville Police Department will serve as the Seminar Director.
Additional information is also available online at www.seviervilletn.org.

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