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Eden Consulting Group’s K9 Academy For Law Enforcement employs some of the worlds most renowned names in police K9 training. Every officer working as a consultant with the Academy is well versed in all aspects of K9 training and deployment.
Each officer also has his own special field of expertise that he specializes in. If you are an agency setting up a new program in need, an agency with an experienced team of handlers that would like advanced tactical or technical training, or an association wishing to host an advanced training seminar, we specialize in providing programs that are custom tailored to fit those needs.
We will travel to any nation in the world to assist in setting up agencies and provide training in any aspect police dog work. Each officer on the list is also capable of providing expert witness testimony in their field of expertise. If you would like a program designed for you, Email Bob Eden and arrangements will be made to contact you and put together a proposal specifically for your needs.
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 Robert S. Eden
President of Eden Consulting Group - Patrol Dog Instructor - Tactical Instructor - Tracking - Chemical Munitions - Narcotics - Explosives
Bob Eden has been a police officer since 1981 working with the Delta Police Department in British Columbia, Canada. Initially assigned to patrol and then traffic section, became a member of the dog section in 1983. He is the author of two books, "Dog Training For Law Enforcement" and "K9 Officers Manual" and has been involved in the development of a number of video productions for law enforcement K9 training. In 1988 Bob was appointed to the B.C. Police Commission's committee to create minimum police dog training standards for law enforcement agencies in the province of British Columbia. He was also appointed by the World Police & Fire Games Committee of California to coordinate the competition site for the World Police & Fire Games Police Dog Championships, held in Vancouver, BC in 1989. In 1991 he created and developed the International Police K9 Conference in an attempt to bring a professional training seminar to officers which was not politically oriented or specific to any particular style of training. The intent was to support all officers in methods which meet their specific needs.
Bob has also authored articles and columns in such periodicals as "Police Magazine", "Law and Order", "Police and Security News", "Finland's Rottweiler Magazine", "The Police K9 Recruiter" and "Offlead Magazine" from Australia. In 1994 he created the "The Police Dog Home Page" on the Internet at http://www.policek9.com which as become the largest and most diversified page on the net on law enforcement K9 operations.
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 Bob Wright
Superintendent - Niagara Regional Police Service Ontario, Canada
Patrol Dog Instructor - Tactical Instructor - K9 Management - Firearms - Advanced SWAT/K9
Bob is a Shift Commander with the Niagara Regional Police in Ontario, Canada. A very active instructor at Seminars and Conferences throughout North America, Bob has provided expertise worldwide during his 15 years as a Canine Handler, Trainer and Canine Unit Supervisor.
Additionally, Bob’s experience as a Tactical Team member and as the Emergency Task Unit Commander have allowed him a great understanding of the needs of both Canine and Tactical Teams.
Bob is a qualified expert witness and has authored numerous articles on the use of Police Service Dogs and Tactics. Bob has an undergraduate Degree from Brock University and a Diploma in Police Management from Western University.
At the International K9 Conference Bob teaches Tactics, Problem Solving, Officer Safety, Firearms and Hander Selection and Supervision for the Administrators.
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 Mark Ficcadenti - Tactics, Decoy Training, Problem Solving
Mark Ficcadenti is a twenty year Police Officer. He has been an active K9 handler for 14 years and holds the position of Trainer with the Saint Paul Police Department in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Mark's responsibilities include dog acquisition for the department's 14 week Basic Canine Handler School as well as directing the training and retraining of the department's 21 police service dogs. Other duties include coordinating and directing the in-service training of dogs and handlers from many agencies throughout the five state area.
Mark brings an extensive knowledge base to the conferences, in particular, he specializes in working difficult dogs in problem solving techniques. He is a strong advocate of positive motivational training techniques.
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 Ed Jany - Tactical Patrol Instructor - Eduardo Jany is a Sergeant with the Monroe, Washington Police Department. He has over 17 years of law enforcement experience with service in Minnesota, Florida and Washington State. He has served in Patrol, K-9, SWAT, Narcotics, and Homicide Task Force activities and is presently Tactical Team Leader for the Monroe Police SERT. He has extensive experience as a defensive tactics, SWAT and K-9 instructor, EMT-I, forensic/composite artist, and is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified physical fitness trainer. Ed attended the University of Minnesota and Madison University and holds a Bachelors degree in Law Enforcement Administration and Latin American Studies. He has also completed the Inter-American Defense College Course on Diplomacy and Conflict Management and the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College MCI.
 Eduardo is also a Major in the Marine Corps Reserve commanding a Recon unit and recently returned from an overseas joint service detail. He previously served in the U.S. Army Special Forces and as a special operations instructor at the School of the Americas. Ed was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish and functional in Italian. He enjoys Karate, Boxing, Skydiving and Triathlons and is a former NASKA circuit point fighter and a three-time medalist in Karate and Swimming at the Can-Am International Police-Fire Games.
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 Constable Maurice (Mo) Parry
Patrol Dog Instructor - Delta, BC Canada
Mo has been training police dogs for 13 years. He was 15 years of age when he first volunteered to train as a decoy for the Delta Police. It was quickly realized that he was a natural and was a quick study when it came to animal behavior. Mo worked directly with Bob Eden throughout his teenage years until he graduated from high school. He continued training with Delta as he worked towards his goal of becoming a police officer by taking Criminology courses at the University College of the Fraser Valley and Kwantlen University College. In 1997 Mo was hired as a full time police officer by the Delta Police Department and as a result of his extensive expertise and knowledge gained with by continuing his training with the police dog services section of the department, he was assigned as a full time dog handler to the unit in June of 2001.
He is a qualified patrol dog handler and is presently assigned to the Police Dog Services Section of the Delta Police Department and is also a member of the Delta Police Emergency Response Team.
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 Lieutenant Sterling Johnson
Patrol Dog Instructor - Simi Valley, CA Police Department - K9 Trauma Care - Felony Car Stops - Tactical Instructor Narcotics Detection
Lieutenant Sterling Johnson has been in Law Enforcement for over 32 years, the last 22 years at the Simi Valley Police Department, California, where he is currently a Patrol Watch Commander. He has experience as a K-9 Handler, working three dogs. He was a handler for over 14 years. All of his K-9 partners have been crossed trained in Patrol and Narcotics detection.
Lieutenant Johnson has won the World Police & Fire Games, Police Service Dog Competition twice, 1989 & 1991. He was on the Simi Valley Police Department's S.W.A.T. Team serving both as the team's Paramedic and the Team Leader. His fellow officers selected him as 1994 Officer of the Year.
He has served on the Veterinary Emergency Trauma & Critical Care Committee. He is a former President of Region 23, of the U.S.P.C.A. Lieutenant Johnson is a Superior Court Certified Expert Witness in Police Dog related cases in both Civil & Criminal matters. He was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to the State of California Emergency Medical Services Commission in April, 1997. As a Commissioner, he represents all Law Enforcement Officers in the state in E.M.S. regulations & legislation.
Lieutenant Johnson is a Licensed Paramedic and works part time for American Medical Response (AMR), the City's 911 responder. He is also an instructor at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center, Center for Prehospital Care, where he teaches Advanced Cardiac Life Support & Pediatric Advanced Life Support to the Residents, Interns, Nurses, & Paramedics. He is also an instructor at Daniel Freeman Paramedic School.
Sterling has been with us for over eight years. He teaches the K-9 trauma care, Narcotics Detection, and the Tactical Deployment of K-9.
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 Bill Nott - Patrol (Connecticut) Patrol Dog Instructor - Tactical Instructor - Tracking - Problem Solving
Sgt. Bill Nott Jr. has been a police officer since 1978, he has been involved in training police service dogs since 1984; he served as a handler and unit coordinator for ten years. Bill currently supervises and maintains three tactical patrol canine teams for his agency.
Bill is a past President and founder of the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association. He is currently a Master Trainer with the North American Police Work Dog Association and is a member of the United States Police Canine Association.
Bill has instructed for the U.S.P.C.A. and N.A.P.W.D.A. on a national and regional level and has testified before the Connecticut House Judiciary Committee in favor of legislation that was enacted to protect police service animals. He has also testified in court and successfully defended his department in a criminal proceeding where the use of force was questioned as a result of a K-9 deployment.
He has contributed canine training articles and been interviewed by Police Magazine and Connecticut Police Chief’s Association Magazine.
Bill’s entire career has been focused on tactical patrol dog training. Bill specializes in motivational problem solving techniques for aggression control, tactical obedience, passive gunfire response and equipment neutralization, as well as scenario based simunition training that combines realistic street level training for the canine team. Bill has been instructing for the International Police Canine Conference since 1997.
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 Deputy Terry Fleck - Tactical Instructor - Patrol Dog Instructor - Advanced Tactical/SWAT - Legal Team
Deputy Sheriff II / Canine Handler
South Lake Tahoe, California
Terry Fleck, EdD,is a retired Deputy Sheriff II / Canine Handler in South Lake Tahoe, California. Terry has been in law enforcement for 27 years and has been involved with police dogs during that time. Terry has been a police dog handler and trainer for 22 years and just retired his third canine partner, a police service dog cross-trained for search and rescue, narcotics, evidence recovery, cadaver and tracking.
Terry is an expert in the field of canine legalities. Author of the Canine Legal Update and Opinions, the Canine Legal Update and Opinions for Supervisors and Administrators, the Tracking Canine Legal Update and Opinions, the Search and Rescue Canine Legal Update and Opinions and the Narcotic and Contraband Canine Legal Update and Opinions, Terry tracks and updates the canine industry on current case law and legal trends.
With a degree of Doctor of Education in Criminal Justice, Terry teaches Canine Legal Update and Opinions classes throughout the United States and Canada. He has taught over 12,000 canine handlers, supervisors, administrators, attorneys and risk managers nationwide. His classes focus on canine legalities, the prevention of litigation and canine tactics. Terry also studies canine tactics and develops techniques to keep canine handlers safe, utilizing their dogs to maximum tactical advantage.
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 Dr. Stephen Mackenzie Ph.D
Patrol Dog Instructor - Cobleskill, NY - Tracking - Tactical Instructor - Animal Behavioral Science
Dr. Mackenzie has been training and working police service dogs for over 17 years. He is a part time Deputy with the Schoharie County Sheriff's Department in upstate New York, serving as a K-9 handler for 7 years and K-9 Trainer for 8 years. He is a Trainer/Examiner of police dog teams for the state of New York, an Examiner of police work dog teams for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association, and a Master Trainer with the North American Police Work Dog Association. He originated the K-9 column in Police magazine and served as a Contributing Editor on police dogs for Dog Sports Magazine for 11 years before writing Decoys and Aggression: A Police K-9 Training Manual. An animal behaviorist, he holds a doctorate in the genetics of animal behavior from Cornell University and is presently a Professor of Animal Science for the State University of New York in Cobleskill.
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 Ken Greenleaf - Patrol Dog Program
Officer Ken Greenleaf has been in Law Enforcement for over 21 years, the past 17 years have been with the Redondo Beach Police Department in Southern California. Ken began his "Canine Career" as an agitator in 1981. He has been a canine handler for over 14 years and is currently handling his second dog, which is cross-trained in patrol and narcotics work.
Ken has attended many advanced canine training schools throughout his career as a canine handler and instructor. In 1992 he attended an advanced "Master Handler" school which certified him as a Canine Master Handler in both patrol and narcotics. Ken is also a POST (Police Officer Standards and Training) certified evaluator for canines in the state of California.
Officer Greenleaf has done very well with both his dogs at competitions over the years. Although he loves to compete, he enjoys being on the "Other side" and judging competitions as well.
Because of his enthusiasm and expertise, Ken has appeared on several national television shows, "Amazing Tails, Dog Days USA and Tough Target," to name a few.
Officer Greenleaf is very enthusiastic in helping others with training. About joining the staff, he says, "This gives me a chance to give back to others, what others have given to me."
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 Scott Fitzgerald - Tactical Patrol Instructor
Officer Scott Fitzgerald has been a police officer since 1991 with the Santa Clara Police Department in Northern California. He started out as an agitator in 1993 and became a handler in 1995 and is currently working his second dog.
Scott has been a SWAT team member since 1996 and helped create a “SWAT K-9” program. Prior to 1996 the tactical team did not deploy or train with canines. This program has proved to be a valuable and useful addition to the entry and perimeters teams. Scott’s currently assigned as a gas grenadier on the perimeter unit.
Over the past 8 years Scott has attended and instructed in several handler and advanced handler courses throughout California. During Scott’s time in the canine unit he has worked to develop a more advanced and challenging level of training. This includes training for canine handlers and the patrol officers that the handlers rely on for cover and protection during canine operations. He is a California POST certified canine evaluator as well as a POST certified less-lethal and chemical agents instructor. Scott is also a member of the Northern California Police Service Dog Association.
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 Sgt. Robert Roth – Uintah County Sheriff’s Department Utah
Narcotics Instructor, Firearms
Sgt. Robert Roth has been in Law Enforcement for over 15 years, currently employed with the Uintah County Sheriff’s Department in Vernal, Utah. He has served in the Corrections Division, and for the past 11 years in the Patrol Division. He currently serves as the Patrol Division Commander with the Sheriff’s Department. He has worked in K-9 since 1993 with a dual purpose dog, specializing in narcotics detection. Roth is a member of the Utah POST Firearms Specialist Advisory Group and is a Utah POST Academy Firearms Instructor.
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 Ken Wallentine
Narcotics and Legal Team
Agency Liability, Handler Liability, Litigation, Courtroom Procedures
Ken Wallentine is the Chief of Law Enforcement for the Utah Attorney General. He formerly served as Bureau Chief of the Investigations Bureau of Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training and as Administrative Counsel for the Utah Department of Public Safety. A law enforcement officer since 1982, he also has been a practicing public prosecutor. Chief Wallentine is a former police service dog handler, working with a patrol and drug detection German Shepherd. He consults and serves as an expert witness in use of force cases for major metropolitan law enforcement agencies.
Chief Wallentine is the past-President of the Utah Peace Officers Association. He is a Board Member of the Utah SWAT Association, and is a featured writer in law enforcement journals, including POLICE, Utah Peace Officer, The Municipal Lawyer, The Prosecutor, and the Canine Courier. He is a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement and Security Trainers and the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors. He created the Officer Involved Shooting Investigation course for POST In-Service training and regularly instructs in the course. He teaches in the Department of Public Safety Firearms Instructors Training Course, and hold numerous competitive shooting awards. Chief Wallentine is listed in Who's Who in America and the Outstanding Young Men of America. He is the author of police academy curriculum presently in use in numerous academies on cultural competence, unlawful profiling, use of force, psychological combat skills, and search and seizure. His most recent book is Criminal Procedure: A Street Cop’s Guide (Aspen Press 2005). Visit his website at www.KenWallentine.com
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 Rick Morton - Tactical Patrol Instructor - Rick Morton has been a Police Officer for the past 13 years. The first 3 years he worked with the Los Angeles Police Dept. Where he worked Patrol, C.R.A.S.H., and the Special Problems Unit. He has been with the Simi Valley Police Dept for the past 10 years and has been involved with the K-9 Unit for all 10 of those years. He spent the first 2 years as an agitator for the Inglis Police K-9 Training Group and has spent the last 8 years as a K-9 Handler.
Rick is assigned to patrol and for the last 4 years has been the Dept SWAT K-9. Rick and his K-9 partner Rex have won numerous awards in his K-9 related field. One of the many awards Rick and Rex took was the Top Dog Honors at the 1st Inagural SWAT & K-9 interacting during deployment competition in Southern California.
Rick has received the Ventura County's Medal Of Merit award for preventing a woman from committing suicide. Recently Rick was awarded the 2006 Officer of The Year Award by his peers.
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 Sgt. Brian Hewlett, Ventura Police Department
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 Deputy Lane Critser -
Utah County Sheriff’s Department
Lane is a Patrol Division Deputy with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. His duties include police service dog handler, field training officer and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team leader.
He is a Utah County SWAT Team Leader, one of six team leaders managing a 36-member multi-jurisdiction SWAT team. Responsible for growing the team from the original 12-members and working closely with Chiefs of Police and other administrators to develop the team to include other jurisdictions and officers from within Utah County. He is responsible for developing and conducting a four-day, 80-hour, SWAT selection course that is held annually and administered by SWAT team leaders.
Lane developed the SWAT team policy and procedure for the multi-jurisdictional team and is responsible for managing and implementing training guidelines, training records and equipment purchases for the Utah County Sheriff’s Office.
He is a Patrol / Narcotic Dog Instructor and Police Service Dog Handler. Managing a search and rescue dog, narcotics detection dog and patrol, narcotics and SWAT dog. His duties also include in-house and basic training of a five-member police service dog unit for the Utah County Sheriff Office, two-member unit from American Fork Police Department and miscellaneous dogs and handlers from Orem Public Safety and the Utah Highway Patrol. Lane teaches all aspects of training at the International Police K9 Conference and specializes in tactical patrol and advanced tactical/SWAT K9 training applications.
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 Officer Dave Stambaugh, Los Angeles Police Department
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Officer Jimmie Davenport, Austin Police Department
Jimmie Davenport is a 18 year member of the Austin, Tx. Police Department. He has spent 14 years in the K9 Unit. His duties have included setting up advanced training within the his K9 Unit for new and experienced handlers.
Officer Davenport also has been a SWAT K9 for ten years and has helped design the SWAT K9 program currently in use. Officer Davenport has also written K9 training columns for SWAT magazine, Police K9 Magazine and International Police Working Dog Association.
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Rick Kemp, Sacramento County Sheriff Department
 Rick Kemp is a Deputy Sheriff FTO with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and began his law enforcement career in 1989. He was selected for the Sheriff’s Department 28 team Canine Detail in 1996. Over the years Rick has worked several dogs and for the past eight years has been the K9 units lead trainer responsible for the selection and training of the departments 13 patrol canines. Rick has been trained as a SWAT K9 handler and has had numerous tactical deployments as a SWAT K9 handler. Rick and his detail work closely with the departments Air Operations especially in the area of hot loading the canine into the aircraft and deployments. Rick was a student of the International Canine Conference in 1997 and has been a Conference instructor since 2006.
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