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Canine Legal Updates and Opinions

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These updates are provided and written by Terry Fleck, Deputy Sheriff and Canine Handler (retired), whose goal is to share this information with all law enforcement officers throughout the United States.

NOTE: Effective 2012, Terry Fleck will be retiring from this Web site, his seminars and his daily e-mail / phone call support to the K-9 industry.

As such, you have until then to take advantage of Terry's tremendous knowledge of canine legalities and tactics. If I were you or your agency, I would take advantage of Terry for the next few years!

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