DAYTONA BEACH, FL (Nov. 24, 2009) - More than a dozen dogs and their law enforcement handlers went back to college recently to enhance their canine narcotics detection skills as part of a multi-jurisdictional counterdrug task force training partnership between St. Petersburg College and Daytona State College. 
Hosted by the College’s School of Emergency Services, the curriculum included best practices on how law enforcement agencies can select handlers and canines for drug detection operations, as well as a series of simulations at on and off-site locations that included Daytona Beach International Airport, Federal Express, the U.S. Coast Guard station at Ponce Inlet and Daytona State’s facilities maintenance warehouse.
Most of the dogs involved in the training were multi-purpose sniffers, already able to track and search for drugs, bombs, evidence of arson and people. The free training program authorized by the U.S. Department of Defense provided the officers and their canines with advanced techniques designed to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in the field.
CUTLINE: St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Coby Seckinger and his Belgian Malinois named Max were recent participants at the Canine Narcotics Operations Training conducted at Daytona State College.
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