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The United
States Police Canine Association History
The
United States Police Canine Association became the largest and oldest
active organization of its kind-"Ever Striving for the Betterment
of all Police K-9" - in August, 1971 when two existing
Associations, the Police K-9 Association and the United States K-9
Association, merged.
The original Florida
Police K-9 Association, formed in 1964, was later changed to the Police
K-9 Association in order to include other interested departments outside
the section of the country established by the United Police K-9
Association.
It didn't take too long
before the members of these two fine organizations realized that
strength was in unity and that their basic goals and objectives were the
same. So the present Association was formed. Membership is spreading
throughout the United States, Canada, and with the Armed Forces,
throughout the world.
The Association meets
twice a year. Once, in Summer, where new ideas and training methods are
discussed, and then at the National Police Dog Trials. These dog trials
bring together the best trained dogs in the world and are judged by
Police judges. Great strides in the standardization of training methods
have been made through these dog trials.
The General Nature of
the Objectives and Purposes of this Association:
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To unite in a
common cause all law enforcement agencies utilizing the services of
the canine as an aid in the prevention and detection of crime.
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To promote
friendship and brotherhood between all those interested in the
training and utilization of the canine in police work.
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To endeavor to
establish a minimum working standard, and improve the abilities of
the canine in police work, thereby rendering better service to the
community.
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To establish and
maintain a legal assistance fund for acts resulting in civil suits
from the use of police trained canines.
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To coordinate the
exchange of any advanced techniques of training of the utilization
of police dogs.
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To improve the
image of the working police dog to the populace in general through
improved public service in the prevention and detection of crime.
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To aid and assist
those law enforcement agencies making application for information
concerning the establishment of canine sections within their
respective departments
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