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 had 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 | NNDDA National Training Conference - 2007 | NNDDA National Training Conference - 2008

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• 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 | Indiana Department of Homeland Security Conference June 2008.

• 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 | Mississippi Governors Award- 2008