Law Enforcement Education/Training

Education:

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University of S.W. Louisiana, Lafayette, LA - Narcotics Interdiction and Intelligence Course (40 hours) - 1982
Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, KS - K-9 Tracking Seminar (40 hours) -1985
Kansas Department of Corrections, Lansing, KS - Bloodhound Man-trailing (40 hours) -1986
Ashland Police Department, Appomattox, VA - Old Dominion K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1986
New York State Sheriff's Association Training Institute, Penn Yann, NY - K-9 Training (Narcotics) (40 hours) - 1987
Austin Police Department Law Enforcement Academy, Austin, TX - Advanced K-9 Scent Discrimination Seminar (40 hours) - 1987
Shawnee Township Police Department, Lima, OH - Narcotic Detector Dog Training (40 hours) - 1987
Falls County Sheriff's Department Training Academy, Marlin, TX - Narcotic Dog Training (24 hours) -1987
Iberia Parish Sheriff's Narcotic Department, New Iberia, LA - Narcotic Enforcement (40 hours) - 1987
Comfort, Texas canines recover bodies from Guadalupe River after their school bus had been swept away in a flash flood in July 1987 .
El Paso, Texas used canines to recover bodies of several young girls In desert near El Paso. - 1987
Mississippi Department of Corrections, Parchman, MS - Tactical Manhunt and Search Operations (40 hours) -1988
Texas A&M Criminal Justice Academy, College Station, TX - Advanced Scent Discrimination (52 hours) - 1988
Jackson County, Texas Assisted in locating a body of a white female That and been buried underwater for 11 years (stream had be rerouted) - Bill Tolhurst, Lockport, New York, made training film in 1988
Kansas City, Kansas. “Bob Burdelo Case” where human remains were buried In the backyard and under a shed. - 1988
Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY - NAPWDA Seminar (40 hours) - 1989
Deer Park, Texas Phillip 66 Explosion, 23 bodies recovered while fires were still burning and the odor of chemicals still present. - 1989
Texas A&M Criminal Justice Academy, College Station, TX - Narcotic Detector Dog Handlers Course (40 hours) - 1990
Acadia Parish Sheriff's Department Training Academy, Crowley, LA - Basic L.E.T.S. Phase I Course (40 hours) - 1990
Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Training Center, Mission, TX - K-9 Border Interdiction Seminar (40 hours) - 1991
Medillian (Envidago), Columbia- (US Customs Attaché) Assisted in search and recovery of bodies in the “private prison” of Pablo Escobar. - 1992
Waco, Texas, Assisted in recovery of five (5) bodies from the remains of the Davidian Compound. One in the front yard and four in the “bunker” under mud and sewer water. - 1993
Harris County Sheriff's Academy, Houston, TX - Advanced K-9 Training Course (40 hours) - 1992
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Training Academy, Thibodeaux, LA - K-9 Phase I and II Training (40 hours) - 1993
NY State Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners, Johnsville, NY - Death and Medico Investigations (Guest Speaker) - 1993
Union Beach Police Department, Union Beach, NJ - K-9 Training Course (40 hours) - 1993
Dallas County Sheriff's Department, Selma, AL - Advanced K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1993
Lafourche Parish Regional Training Academy, Thibodeaux, LA - Patrol Cadaver and Narcotics Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1994
Wichita Falls Police Department, Wichita Falls, TX - Narcotics Detector Dog Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1995
Houston Police Department, Houston, TX - Advanced K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1995
Clayton County Narcotics Unit, Jonesboro, GA - Narcotic Detector Dog Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1995
Lafourche Parish Regional Training Academy, Thibodeaux, LA - Patrol, Cadaver, Narcotics and Explosives K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1995
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Assisted Judicial de Estado de Chihuahua, - Mexico in recovering remains of young ladies abducted and killed in the Juarez area. - 1996
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Academy, Beaumont, TX - NNDDA National Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1996
La Joya Police Department, La Joya, TX - Cadaver Recovery and Tracking Seminar (40 hours) - 1996
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Regional Training Academy, Thibodeaux, LA - K-9 Training Academy (40 hours) - 1996
National Tracking & Cadaver Recovery, Inc., Palm Harbor, FL - Tracking, Land & Water Cadaver K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) 1997
Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Douglasville, GA - L.E.T.S. National K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) -1997
Rosharon, Texas, Assisted in the recovery of drowning victim Glorio Villareal from the Brazos River. -1998
CSC, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada - Narcotic K-9 Course (80 hours) - 1998
National Tracking & Cadaver Recovery, Inc., Palm Harbor, FL - Tracking, Land & Water Cadaver K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) 1998
Kerr County Sheriff's Office, Kerrville, TX - K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) - 1998
Aransas County I.S.D., Rockert, TX - Drug Interdiction K-9 Course (40 hours) 1998
Airedale Fest, Hunt, TX - Cadaver Recovery (12 hours) - 1998
K-9 Emergency Response Teams, Huttonsville Correctional Center, Barbour County Sheriff's Department and Grafton City Police Department - Cadaver Recovery K-9 Seminar, WV (40 hours) - 1998
Coos Bay, Oregon - Land & Water Cadaver K-9 Working Seminar (40 hours) - 1999
National Tracking & Cadaver Recovery, Inc., - Palm Harbor, FL, (40 HOURS) 1999
Tracking, Land & Water Cadaver K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) - Brooksville, FL - 1999
Lake Jackson P.D. Lake Jackson, TX, Narcotics, Land and Water Cadaver Seminar (40 Hours) - 1999
Canadian Correctional Svcs, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada - Tracking, Land and Water Cadaver Seminar (40hours) -1999
Pensacola Fl., Escambia Search and Rescue, Tracking, Land and Water Cadaver Recovery K-9 Training Seminar (40 hours) 1999
Bryan Texas, Bryan Police Department, Canine Narcotics Detection Seminar, (40hours) - 2000
Barbour County Sheriff’s Dept. Phillipi, West Virginia, - Explosive Detector School (40 hours) - 2000
NNDDA National Conference, - (instructor and judge), Little Rock, AR (40 hours) - 2000
St. Martin’s Parish, St. Martinville, Louisiana. Patrol, Explosives, Narcotics, Tracking Land and Water Cadaver Recovery (40 hours) 2000
Barbour County Sheriff’s Dept. Philippi, WV, K-9 Narcotics Detection School (64) Hours - 2000
Fla. Dept. of Corrections, Chiefland, Florida, Basic Handler Course and Advanced Narcotics Interdiction Training (120 hours) - 2000
Monterrey, Mexico, Basic Handler Course, (40 hours) 2000
Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Georgetown, Texas, - K-9 Narcotics Detection Course (40 hours) - 2000
Bryan Texas Police Dept. Bryan, Texas - K-9 Workshop (16 hours) -2001
Ingram Texas, Testifying in Court, Ingram Marshall’s Office (16 hours) 2001
Thomaston, Georgia, Visual Tracking Course (40) hours July 2001
Philippi, West Virginia Barbour County SAR, - Land and Water Cadaver Recovery (40) hours July - 2001
Swansea, Illinois Cadaver Recovery (land and water) Tracking Course (50 hours) Sept. - 2001
Narcotic Detector Dog Training Course-New Handlers - Philippi, West Virginia. (48 hours) - Oct-Nov 2001
Explosive Detector Dog Seminar - Daytona Beach, FL (80 hours) - Jan 2002
Cadaver Detector Dog Seminar - Monterrey, N.L., Mexico (40 hours) - Feb 2002
Explosives Detector Course - Philippi, WV (40hours) - June 2002
Land and Water Cadaver Recovery, and Tracking Lansing, MI (40hours) - Aug 2002
Explosives Detector Course - Warrenton, VA (40 hours) - Aug 2002
Cadaver “Body Farm” Recovery - Beaumont, TX (40 hours) - Sept 2002
Land and Water Cadaver Recovery, Tracking - Lake Wales FL (40 hours) - Nov 2002
Explosives - Monterrey, Mexico (40 hours) - Nov 2002
Advanced Narcotics - Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX (40 hours) - Mar 2003
National Narcotic Detector Dog Association, National Training Seminar, National Judge, National Trainer, Texarkana, Arkansas - Apr 2003
Collapsed building seminar, Monterrey, Mexico - Instructor - Jul 2003
Explosives Detector Seminar, Instructor - Cobb County Sheriff’s, Georgia - Feb 2004
NNDDA National Training Seminar - National Judge - 2004
IRON NOSE Judge, Andrews AFB Base, Maryland - Explosive Detector Dog Contest - October 2004
NNDDA National Training Seminar - Round Rock, Texas - April 2005
Cadaver Recovery Seminar - Duluth, Minnesota - June 2005
Operation KATRINA - Cadaver Recovery Team - September 2005
Canadian Police Canine Association- Judge - Drumheller, Alberta - September 2005
Laredo Community College- Job Corps Current - K9 Instructor
NNDDA National Training Conference, Nacogdoches, TX., April, 2006

Military:

• Miramar College, San Diego, CA, California Peace Officers Certification (PC 832) - 1972
• University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, Drug Dependence Programs -1972
• U.S.A.F. Law Enforcement School, Lackland AFB, TX. -1973
• U.S.N. Master-at-Arms Training School, Class 3ABR81230 (150 hours) -1973
• Advisor to Nationalist Chinese Gov't Narcotic Interdiction -1973
• Government of Guam Narcotic Interdiction, U.S. Customs NCI -1973
• U.S. Customs School (M.C.I.), Clark A.F.B., Philippines -1974
• Texas Department of Corrections Officer Training School, Huntsville, TX -1976
• American Police Academy, Washington, D.C. - Prevention Techniques of Executive Terrorism - 1977
• Alvin College, Alvin, TX - Police Administration and Correctional Science Degree -1981
• Texas A&M Extension Service, Huntsville, TX - Leadership and Motivation (40 hours) - 1984
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Houston, TX - Commercial Vehicle Drug Interdiction Techniques (40 hours) - 1991
• Kansas Department of Corrections, Lansing, KS - Old Timers Man-trailing Techniques (24 hours) - 1996

• National Narcotic Detector Dog Association, Inc. - Founder, Past President, Board of Directors - Founded in 1977, Nacogdoches, Texas - Current Status: National Judge and Certification Official; Founding Member • Law Enforcement Training Specialist - Current Status: CEO and Master Trainer (Narcotics and Cadaver); Founder
• International Homicide Investigators, Quantico, VA - Founding Member
• International Explosive Detection Dog Association, Wilmington, Delaware

• Lassie Award 1972
• Letter of Commendation Admiral John Poindexter 1974
• Commendation from Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet 1975
• National Achievement Award, National Narcotic Detector Dog Association, Inc. 1982-1983
• National Narcotic Detector Dog Association, Inc., Meritorious Achievement Award 1986
• Big "T" Multipurpose Award (presented by Bill Tolhurst), Niagara County Sheriff's Department, New York 1989
• National Narcotic Detector Dog Association "Bark Bandit Trooper" Award presented for K-9 "Junior" as a lifetime achievement award. 1990
• Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Missouri - National Award for Multipurpose Dog of the Year 1996
• Texas Ranger Award Company “F” 1998
• Arkansas Travelers Award given by Arkansas Gov. Huckabee
• F.B.I. Performance Award 7-10-2000 2000

• U.S. Navy January 1956 to August 1975 - Retired E-7 Chief Master-at-Arms (Law Enforcement Specialist)
• Handler for first marijuana detector dog, (trained by Mr. Bob Buising, Los Angeles, California) - 1970
• Trainer for first narcotic detector dog (Heidi) used in court, (Federal Court, Seattle District, Washington) The Heidi Award is now given for the national outstanding police canine of the year. - 1970
• Established Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific Fleet Narcotic Interdiction and Training Program, 1972