K9 operations staff

Sergeant Matt Noar
K9 Handler Kathleen Kelsey
K9 Handler Chip Short

Corporal Joan Brehm                                                                     K9 Handler Rob Glinka                                                                    K9 Handler Melissa Nergard
​Probationary K9 Handler Kathy Yelton                                                                                                                  

All K9 Operations Staff must complete the following minimum training to be an operational volunteer:

• National Incident Management System: ICS 100; 200; 700; 800.B; 809
• 16 hr. Ground Search and Rescue Class
• Basic Land Navigation Class
• First Aid/CPR
• Basic Communications
• Crime Scene Preservation
  
• Scent Theory
  
• K9 First Aid
  
• Training Logs and Report Writing
  

Meet Our k9 Team

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K9 buzz

handler Joan Brehm
certifications:
​Area Search - International Police Work Dog Association (IPWDA), Oct. 2013 -2015; Sept. 2015 -2017; Sept. 2017-2019
​Disaster - International Police Work Dog Association (IPWDA), Oct. 2013 - 2015; Oct. 2016 –2018
Human Remains Detection - International Police Work Dog Association (IPWDA), Sept. 2017-2019
Water Human Remains Detection
INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), March 2018-2020

K9 brennan

Handler Missy Nergard
Certifications:
​​Area Search - International Police Work Dog Association (IPWDA), Oct. 2013 - 2015; Sept. 2015 - 2017; Sept. 2017-2019

K9 kuster

Handler matt noar
​certifications:
Trailing - North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA), March 2014 - March 2015; May 2015 - May 2016
Area Search - International Police Work Dog Association (IPWDA), Sept. 2015 - 2017; Sept. 2017-2019

k9 otis

Handler Chip Short
Certifications:  
​​Trailing - International Police Work Dog Association (IPWDA), Oct. 2014 - 2016; Sept. 2015 - 2017; Sept. 2017-2019

k9 zach

Handler Kathleen Kelsey
Certifications:
Disaster HRD - The USAR Foundation, April 2012 - 2015
HRD - North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA), Sept. 2012 - 2013; Aug. 2013 - 2014; Aug. 2015 - 2016; Aug. 2017 - 2018
Disaster HRD - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Nov. 2013 -2016
Water Human Remains Detection -Alliance for Emergency Response Instructors and Examiners (AERIE), Aug. 2015 -2017

k9 jessie

HANDLER JOAN BREHM
CERTIFICATIONS:
​HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION (HRD) - NATIONAL SEARCH DOG ALLIANCE (NSDA), JAN. 2018 -2020
Human Remains Detection -  Land and Crime Scene  - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), March 2018-2020

k9 Oma

Handler Kathleen Kelsey
IN TRAINING: Disaster
Human remains detection

k9 kona

Handler Rob Glinka
TRAILING - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2018-2020 

K9 pona

JUNIOR HANDLER ERIKA NERGARD
IN TRAINING: HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION

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