S.K.I.D.D.S. and CATS is a unique and one-of-a-kind K-9 and K-9 Swat school that is hosted by the West Covina Police Department in Southern California. 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, Brea, Beverly Hills, Cathedral City, Carlsbad, Chino, Culver City, Concord, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Daly City, El Monte, Escondido, El Segundo, Fresno, Fresno County Sheriff's, Fremont, Folsom, Fullerton, Gardena, Gilroy, Glendora, Hawthorne, Huntington Beach, Indio, Irvine, Kings Co, Los Angeles County SD, Lodi, Los Angeles Housing Authority, Livermore, 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 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, Wisconsin, 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.
2008 Classes, Seminars and Competitions
September 8-26, 2008
Going to Italy
September 2008
October 5-10, 2008
CATS Class 91 in Beamont, Texas
October 17-19, 2008
Las Vegas Police K-9 Trials
October 27-30, 2008
K-9 SWAT Tactical Workshop
Hosted by Utah Co. Sheriff's Department
November 2-4, 2008
SKIDDS / CATS Class 92 in New Hampshire
December 2008
New Mexico K9 Trials
Possible future S.K.I.D.D.S. classes in the works
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, Okalahoma, Saskatoon, Canada and Tennessee
Past "On the Road" S.K.I.D.D.S. Classes and Seminars
Florinapolus & Sau Paulo, Brazil, South America
July 13-27, 2002 - September 10-16, 2002
August 9-15, 2004, November 4-8, 2006
Fairfax Co, VA
June 2-4, 2008 SKIDDS / CATS Class 86 in
Alameda County
August 10-12, 2008, SKIDDS / CATS Class 89
Chesapeake, VA
August 17-19, 2008 SKIDDS Class 90
San Francisco
January 22-24, 2008 SKIDDS Class 82
Rapid City, South Dakota
December 9-11, 2007 S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 80
Sunapee, New Hampshire
October 15-17, 2007 - CATS Class 79
Oregon
March 11-13, 2007 and June 22-24, 2008
SKIDDS / CATS Class 73 and 88
Polk County, Florida
March 25-27, 2007 - SKIDDS Class 74 in
Hawaii DPS Sheriff's Department - Honolulu, Hawaii
December 11-13, 2006 SKIDDS Class 70
Florida and Colorado
February 11-13, 2007, May 28-30, 2008 - K-9 Seminar
Las Vegas, Nevada
February 19-21, 2007
Contact Danny King for details
Oak Brook Police Department, Illinois
April 15-18, 2002 & August 14-16, 2006
SKIDDS Class 24 & 61
Arizona Deptarment of Public Safety K-9 / SWAT Unit
Class 26, 30 and 38
December 16-18, 2002,April 12-15, 2003, February 16-18, 2004
K-9 Swat Deployment presentation February 3-5, 2003
September 18-23, 2006
SKIDDS Class 63 & 64
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 29, March 24-26, 2003
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 31, June 2-7, 2003
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 65 & 66, October 2-4 & 5-7, 2006
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 32, June 23-26, 2003 & May 17-21, 2004
North Las Vegas PD
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 34 & 61
Ocean City PD, Maryland "Street Survival Seminar"
November 2002 & 2003.
Oxnard PD, CA
Advanced S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 37, Novemeber 18-19, 2003
November 24-25, 2003
Contact Debbie for information
Wilmington, Delaware
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 40: April 5-9, 2004
Vancouver, Washington
June 14-16, 2004
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 42
Vancouver, Canada
June 21-23 & 24-26, 2004, June 15-17, 2008
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 43, 44 and 87
Quincy, Illinois
October 11-13, 2004
S.K.I.D.D.S. Class 47
ABQ New Mexico
Dec 9-11, 04,Dec 6-9, 05,Jan 22-24, 07, April 21-24, 08
Vancouver PD, Canada
April 1-3, 2005
K-9 Workshop hosted by Vancouver PD, Canada
Carlsbad PD, Calif
November 15-17, 2005
Class 55
