This exposure also prepares the canine team to successfully function under almost all stressful and non-stressful conditions. After training, further certification may also be obtained through the North American Police Work Dog Association. The pre-training of the dog is done without the active participation and salary commitments required in other comparable programs. This remarkable turn-around time not only cuts basic canine training as a unit in half, but assures the kind of reliability of match that guarantees outstanding police work between officer and canine. TOPS has a proven track record in Northern Illinois.
Officers learn the latest in-service techniques to maintain and correct canine team problems.
Rigorous testing, obstacles, obedience, tracking, article searches, handler protection, legal issues, building searches, crowd control, narcotics searches and apprehension tactics are practiced and tested. The canine team, upon completion of the program, may also be certified by the American Police Work Dog Association. Narcotics Proficiency TOPS' dogs are guaranteed. There are no lemons. We are so confident in the dogs selected by TOPS that any dog will be replaced free of charge if not compatible with your canine officer.