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Here is a list of past and future S.K.I.D.D.S. & CATS classes and seminars

Class 40: April 5-9, 2004 in Wilmington, Delaware

Class 41: April 19-21, 2004 in West Covina

Class 42: June 14-16, 2004 in Vancouver, Washington State

Class 43: June 21-23, 2004 in Vancouver, Canada

Class 44: June 24-26, 2004 in Vancouver, Canada

Class 45 / 46: August 9-15, 2004 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Class 47: October 11-13, 2004 in Quincy, Illinois

Class 48: December 9-11, 2004 in ABQ, New Mexico

Class 49: February 21-23, 2005 in West Covina

Class 50: March 14-16, 2005 in West Covina

Class 51: April 11-13, 2005 in Monterey

Class 52: August 15-17, 2005 in West Covina

Class 53: September 19-21, 2005 in Monterey

Class 54: October 24-26, 2005 in West Covina

Class 55: November 15-17, 2005 in Carlsbad, CA

Class 56: December 9-11, 2005 West Covina

Class 57: February 13-15, 2006 in West Covina

Class 58: March 13-15, 2006 in West Covina

Class 59: April 17-19, 2006 in West Covina

Class 60: May 1-3, 2006 in North Las Vegas, Nevada

Class 61: August 14-16, 2006 in Oak Brook, Illinois

Class 62: August 29 - September 1, 2006 Stockton

Class 63 & 64: September 18-23, 2006 in Wisconsin

Class 65 & 66: October 2-4, 2006 in Meridian, Idaho

Class 67 & 68: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Class 69: December 3-6, 2006 in Monterey, CA

Class 70: December 11-13, 2006 in Hawaii

Class 71: January 8-10, 2007 in West Covina

Class 72: March 5-8, 2007 in Monterey, CA

Class 73: March 11-13, 2007 in Canby, Oregon

Class 74: March 25-27, 2007 in Polk County, Florida

Class 75: May 6-8, 2007 in West Covina, CA

Class 76: July 24-27, 2007 in Monterey, CA

Class 77: Sept 30 - October 2, 2007 in West Covina

Class 78: October 7-9, 2007 in West Covina

Class 79: October 15-17, 2007 in Sunapee, New Hampshire

Class 80: December 9-11, 2007 in Rapid City, South Dakota

Class 81: January 7-10, 2008 in Mountain View, CA

Class 82: January 22-24, 2008 in San Francisco, CA

Class 83: March 2-4, 2008 in West Covina, CA

Class 84: April 21-24, 2008 in ABQ, New Mexico

Class 85: April 27-29, 2008 in Alameda Co, CA

Class 86: June 2-4, 2008 in Fairfax Co, VA

Class 87: June 15-17, 2008 in Canada

Class 88: June 22-24, 2008 in Multnomah Co, Oregon

Class 89: August 10-12, 2008 in Alameda Co, CA

Class 90: August 17-19, 2008 in Chesapeake, VA

Class 91: November 1-8, 2008 in Sao Paulo Brazil

Class 92: November 16-18, 2008 in Alameda Co, CA

Class 93: November 30 - December 2, 2008 in Oxnard, CA.

Class 94: February 21-22, 2009 in Las Vegas at Law Dogs

Class 95: March 22-24, 2009 in Stockton, CA

Class 96: April 14-16, 2009 in Knoxville, TN

Class 97: April 25-27, 2009 in New York

Class 98: May 4-6, 2009 in Laval - Montreal, Canada

Class 99: May 26-29, 2009 in Monterey, CA

Class 100: February 23-25, 2010 in Atlantic City, New Jersey

S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS is a unique and one-of-a-kind K-9 and K-9 Swat school. S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS is designed to educate and train both canine handlers, Swat and Tactical Teams on the deployment of police dogs in a Swat Operation. During S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS you will participate in numerous stealth entries, live gunfire and simmunition scenarios. Teams will learn the latest canine searching methods, deployment and arrest techniques.

Determine how your police dog functions and how they can be used to assist Swat during a Swat deployment as well as in a standard patrol K-9 search operation. Acquire the knowledge to select the proper police dog for your Swat Team. Train as a team under realistic conditions before you are called out for a real deployment. Attend a Liability Seminar on "Failure To Train" by Attorney Gene Ramirez.

Most of the training courses you attend as a police officer occur inside a classroom and require no physical exertion. This course will differ greatly because 70% of the class will be outside of the classroom doing practical application exercises. For those that do not understand canines and have misconceptions as to just how beneficial canines can be to a Swat Team, S.K.I.D.D.S. is the answer.

Since the first S.K.I.D.D.S and CATS course in 1997 over 500 departments from 25 different states and 3 countries have sent over 2,500 hundred Swat and canine officers through S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS

Here is a list of some California agencies have attended S.K.I.D.D.S. & CATS Many of these agencies have attended several times. Alameda County, Anaheim, Amador Co SD, Banning, Benicia, Brea, Beverly Hills, Cathedral City, Carlsbad, Chico, Chino, CHP, Culver City, Concord, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Daly City, El Monte, Escondido, El Segundo, Elk Grove, Fresno, Fresno County Sheriff's, Fremont, Folsom, Fullerton, Gardena, Gilroy, Glendora, Hawthorne, Huntington Beach, Indio, Irvine, Kings Co, Lompac, Los Angeles County SD, Lodi, Los Angeles Housing Authority, Livermore, Merced Co, Newark, Newport Beach, Oakland, Oceanside, Ontario, Orange Co SD, Oxnard, Pacifica, Palm Springs, Pinole, Placentia, Placerville, Pleasanton, Pleasant Hill, Pomona, Rialto, Riverside, Roseville, San Bernardino, Salinas, San Diego, Santa Cruz Co, Santa Monica, Stockon, Santa Ana, Shafter, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Simi Valley, Sunnyvale, Sacramento Co SD, Sacramento PD, Solano, Torrance, Tustin, Walnut Creek and West Covina.

As well as Out of State and Country SWAT and K-9 handlers from Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada, Illinois, Wisconsin, Maine, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, Texas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Idaho, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Utah, South Dakota, Minnesota, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, New York, Canada and Brazil.

If traveling to the west coast would not be possible, S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS can be taken on the road. We can modify the course to meet your department's needs. We can even gear the class exclusively for canine handlers.

Upcoming S.K.I.D.D.S. / CATS Classes and Seminars

I will also be traveling to these different areas and states

to teach Canine and Swat Deployment Tactics at other schools.

2010 Classes, Seminars and Competitions

January 4-6, 2010

SKIDDS / CATS Class 100 in Harker Heights, TX