Terry’s Fleck’s Canine Legal Update and Opinions

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Over the last 18 years, Terry has answered your daily e-mail and phone calls and through his seminars he has educated K-9 personnel on tactics and legalities, and has facilitated K-9 units to raise over $250,000 for K-9’s, vehicles and equipment.

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    • NEW Articles written by Terry Fleck on a variety of K-9 topics;
    • NEW K-9 resources;
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What’s Inside

Patrol Canines

    • Summary
    • Police Service Dogs And The Use Of Force Continuum
    • Utilization Of Canines As An Alternative To Deadly Force
    • United States Department Of Justice (DOJ) And International Association Of Chiefs Of Police (IACP) Recommendations On Police Service Dogs
    • Excerpts From “An Overview Of Canine Apprehensions
    • Methodologies and their Relationship To Bite Ratios”
    • United States Supreme Court Decisions
    • United States Court of Appeals Decisions
    • Example Canine Deployment Report
    • Canine Liability Settlement Agreement
    • Prior Cases No Longer Applicable

Canine Supervisors and Administrators

    • Agency Liability Issues
    • K-9 Supervision Cases
    • Sample K-9 Policies
    • K-9 Handler Compensation Issues

Narcotic Canines

All new cases appear in red type for easy identification.

    • Basic Search And Seizure Rules
    • Definitions
    • Basic Canine Contraband Principles
    • Canine Application To Search And Seizure
    • Canine Positive Alerts
    • Canine Sniff Elements In Report Writing And Court
    • Canine’s Reliability / Training / Certification
    • Sample Canine Team Resume and Report / Affidavit
    • Vehicle Sniffs
    • Boat Sniffs
    • Truck Tractor/ Trailer Sniffs
    • Border Sniffs
    • People Sniffs
    • School Sniffs
    • Currency Sniffs
    • Parcel And Mail Sniffs
    • Airline & Airport Sniffs
    • Bus & Bus Depot Sniffs
    • Storage Unit Sniffs
    • Residential Sniffs
    • Train & Train Depot Sniffs
    • Jail / Prison Sniffs
    • Airplane Sniffs
    • Motel Sniffs
    • Lingering And Different Odor Alerts
    • Other Alerts
    • States with Mandated Narcotics K-9 Standards and Certifications

Explosive Canines

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    • Summary
    • NEDCAB (National Explosives Detection Canine Advisory Board)
    • URGENT ARTICLE FOR EXPLOSIVE K-9 HANDLERS, SUPERVISORS and ADMINISTRATORS regarding the mandated ATF explosives storage requirements
    • United States Supreme Court Decisions
    • United States Court of Appeals Decisions
    • United States District Court Decisions

Tracking Canines

All new cases appear in red type for easy identification.

    • Tracking & Scent Line-up Summary
    • United States Court of Appeals Decisions

Accelerant Canines

All new cases appear in red type for easy identification.

    • Summary
    • NFPA 921 (National Fire Protection Association) Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, 2011 Edition (Canine Related)
    • United States Court of Appeals Decisions
    • United States District Court Decisions
    • State Court Decisions

State-Specific Canine Related Law

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    • All 50 States’ Canine Law and Cases
    • District of Columbia Canine Law and Cases

K-9 Articles by Terry Fleck

All new cases appear in red type for easy identification.

Canine Industry Articles

    • 2012 — Evaluating and Revising K-9 Team Standards & Certification
    • K-9 Handlers NEVER Search Alone!
    • States with Laws or Codes to Exempt Police Dogs from Quarantine after a Bite
    • Ramifications of an Accidental / Unintentional Law Enforcement K-9 Bite
    • Canine (K-9) Assigned Vehicles and the Handler’s Personal Automobile Insurance
    • Networking and Rumor Control within the K-9 Industry
    • Mandatory K-9 Handler Rotation Policy
    • K-9 (Dog) Selection (Appointment), Retention and Discipline
    • K-9 Handler Selection (Appointment), Retention and Discipline
    • Policing the Law Enforcement K-9 Industry
    • Terminology Used in the Law Enforcement K-9 Industry
    • Police Service Dogs are not ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Dogs
    • Using the “Liability” Word as an Excuse Not to Have a K-9
    • Program Police Service Dogs, Asset or Liability?
    • Training, Certification and Reliability of Police Dogs
    • FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) and the K-9 Handler
    • Canine (K-9) Assigned Vehicles
    • States with Laws or Codes to Protect Police Service Dogs from Assault, Battery or Death
    • Homeowner’s Insurance for Police Service Dogs
    • K-9 Handlers as the K-9 Expert of Their Dog
    • Police Service Dogs Killed in an Over-heated Vehicle
    • Agency Liability Issues for Law Enforcement K-9
    • Street Officers & K-9
    • SWGDOG (Scientific Working Group on Dog & Orthogonal detector Guidelines)
    • K-9 (Canine) Public Demonstrations
    • K-9 Unit Proposals and Justifications

Patrol Canine Articles

    • Third Party, Third Location, K-9 Warning Announcements — A Safer Way to Afford an Opportunity for Peaceful Surrender
    • Effects of OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) on Police Service Dogs
    • The Effects of the TASER X26 on Police Service Dogs
    • Hand Gun Mounted Lights for Canine Handlers
    • Accidental / Unintentional Police Service Dog Bites and Their Relationship to Fourth Amendment Liability
    • Verbal Recall and Verbal Out for Patrol Dogs; Police Dogs Are Not Deadly Force
    • Patrol K-9 Legality Issues
    • Ground Fighting with a Police Service Dog (K-9)

Contraband Canine Articles

    • A Flawed U.C. Davis Study Leads to Flawed Results
    • Obtaining a Law Enforcement DEA Narcotics License
    • Steve Nicely (Defense K-9 Expert) Update – March 2012
    • ATF Explosives Requirements and Sources for Storage
    • Magazines and Explosives K-9 Training Aids
    • Medical Marijuana and K2 (Synthetic Cannabinoids), Their Effect
    • on Law Enforcement K-9
    • Contraband (Narcotics and Explosives) K-9 Reliability
    • Possession of Contraband for K-9 Training Purposes
    • The “Alert” Versus the “Final Response” in Detector Dogs
    • Searching Passengers of a Vehicle, Based Upon a Positive K-9 Alert

Tracking Canine Articles

    • K-9 Team Tracking, a Dangerous Search Condition
    • 2012 Tracking & Scent Line-up K-9 Legal Update

Search and Rescue / Cadaver Canines

All new cases appear in red type for easy identification.

    • Overview
    • The Two Different Descriptions of Police Working Dogs
    • The SAR Canine Industry Standard
    • The Three Legality Principles of Police Working Dogs
    • Documentation (Records)
    • Court Room Testimony
    • Appendix
    • Policing the Law Enforcement K-9 Industry
    • Police Service Dogs are not ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Dogs
    • K-9 (Dog) Selection (Appointment), Retention and Discipline
    • Homeowner’s Insurance for Police Service Dogs
    • SWGDOG (Scientific Working Group on Dog & Orthogonal Detector Guidelines)
    • States with Laws or Codes to Protect Police Service Dogs from Assault, Battery or Death

 Cadaver Canines

    • Cadaver Dog’s Alert as Reasonable Suspicion, not Probable Cause
    • Possession of Contraband for K-9 Training Purposes
    • SWGDOG Guidelines: Human Remains Detection
    • SC8 Substance Dogs: Human Remains
    • Related Documents
    • SC1 Terminology (abcdefghijk)
    • SC2 General Guidelines
    • SC3 Selection of Serviceable Dogs
    • SC4 Kenneling and Healthcare
    • SC5 Selection of Handlers
    • SC5 Canine Career Field Progression System
    • SC6 Presentation of Evidence in Court
    • SC7 Research and Technology

State of California Guidelines for Search and Rescue K-9

    • Dog
    • Dog Appendix A – Avalanche
    • Dog Appendix B – Cadaver
    • Dog Appendix C – Water
    • Dog Appendix D – Disaster Type 3
    • Dog Appendix E – Disaster Type 4
    • Dog Appendix F – Trailing

One resource that I endorse and highly recommend is Vigilant Canine Services International.

 

Vigilant Canine Services International is the premier K-9 services provider for law enforcement. This is not just a claim we make. This is a fact that we are willing to prove. The goal of VCSi is to take K-9 training and services to a remarkable level, making world class services more accessible to law enforcement agencies all over the U.S.

 

Another resource that I endorse and highly recommend is Custom Canine Unlimited.

 

Custom Canine Unlimited, a Global K-9 Training Company that is owned and operated by former Law Enforcement and Military K-9 Handlers and Trainers.  Care and Consideration is taken with the development of all our programs to ensure our students receive the best the industry has to offer.  You do not have to settle for the same old K-9 Services.  We Reduce Liability, Through Reliability.

 

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