SUGGESTED STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

TRI-STATE EVALUATIONS

(Edited for publication by Wyoming K-9 Search & Rescue)

Individual units who have currently adopted this certification standard areList of K-9 units that have adopted these standards:

· Absaroka Search Dogs / Montana

· Central Montana Search Dogs / Montana

· Eagle Eye K-9 / Utah

· High Country K-9, Inc. / Montana

· Northwest K-9 / Wyoming

· Western Montana Search Dogs / Montana

· Wyoming K-9, Inc. / Wyoming

The above listed K-9 units agreed to test their teams to these standards using evaluators that are operational handlers, certified by these standards or equivalent in the discipline they evaluate. Non-compliant K-9 Units will be removed from the list.

All teams who have adopted this Tri-State Standard must be certified by these standards or standards of higher difficulty. All teams must be evaluated by an operational handler who is certified in that specific discipline and is certified through Tri-State or equal. If a team does not certify to these standards, they will be removed from the Tri-State Standards.

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vPurpose:

§The purposes of theseThe Tri-State Standards of Performance are to provide:

·a uUnified, documented set of guidelines for the evaluation ofto evaluate SAR dog teams.

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·the ability to conduct consistent inter-unit evaluations.

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· Provide bi-annual testing, allowing evaluations to be conducted in a consistent manner and by impartial evaluators.

· Present aa consistent set of standards and expectations professional image to law enforcement and requesting agencies.

Scope:

§The Tri-State se Standards of Performance define theprovide minimum minimum requirements for the following K-9 team disciplines:

¨· Wilderness Search

¨· Trailing

¨· Cadaver

¨· Human Remains Detection (HRD)

¨· Water

¨· Evidence

¨· Avalanche

¨· Building

vLocal ResponsibilityLocal responsibilities:

ØThe training/testing officer forin each individual unit is responsible for validating that all individual teams have met or exceeded these guidelines before obtaining operational status.

vREQUIRED SKILLS NECESSARY FOR