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2009 Idaho Police K-9 Seminar

Hello fellow Handlers:

 

Information on the IPCA 2009 Conference: June 7th - June 13th 2009

Hotel information: AmeriTel Inn located at 333 Ironwood Dr. Coeur d'Alene, Id. 83814.

 Rate: $97.75 per night, be sure to check in under group # 229967

At this time only 60 rooms are reserved so get them quick!

 Direction: From I-90 westbound take exit #12 (Hwy 95 exit.) At the stop light take a left and head southbound on Hwy 95. Look to your left and you will see Wild Waters Water park and the AmeriTel Inn. Continue southbound to Ironwood Dr. Take a left on Ironwood Dr. and enter the parking lot which will take you back to the hotel.

 This years seminar should prove to be mentally and physically challenging and entertaining for both handlers and K-9's. We are still in the early planning stages of this conference. At this time I have contacted MCTFT (Multi-Jurisdictional Counter Drug Task Force Training) out of Florida, Washington State Patrol (SCAT) Interdiction Team. Additionally, I am working on Rickey Farley and crew of ACLEOTC (Alabama Canine Law Enforcement Training Center.) For the bomb dogs we hope to have you train with Spokane County, USAF and possibly some ATF assistance if all goes well. We are also considering adding a tracking class to our itinerary for those who do track and brain storming multiple scenarios and other instructors.

 At this stage we are not planning on having a "traditional" K-9 trial at the end of the seminar. We are planning multiple competitions for both narcotics, EOD and patrol to be held throughout the conference (yes trophy hounds we will still be giving out awards.)

 This years conference is going to be a good time for one and all. We are changing things up quite a bit by separating the detection dog training from the patrol dog training. Detector dog handlers or dual purpose handlers attending detection will need to check into the AmeriTel Hotel no later than the evening of June 6th.  Detection training will start promptly at 8:00 AM on Sunday June 7th. Detector training will end the evening of June 10th with an awards ceremony and annual IPCA meeting. For patrol only K-9 handlers, training will start promptly at 0900 hrs. on Wednesday June 10th and conclude on June 13th . 

Remember when paying your dues you will still be mailing them to:

Brian McClure
P.O. Box 2877
Pocatello , Idaho . 83201
(208) 705-6424

Thanks for your time,

Jason Shaw
IPCA President 2009
Kootenai County Sheriff's Dept.
P.O. Box 9000
Cd'A, Id. 83816-9000
(208) 446-1300