Real Life Experience

Bob Eden is a 28 year retired police veteran with over 40 years of  dog training experience in law enforcement, military and personal  protection applications. In his final years of law enforcement he was a  detective with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit  investigating organized crime.  Early in his career he developed the  Delta Police K9 Unit and served as the lead police dog trainer for the  Department for 16 years.  He is the author of two books, "Dog Training  For Law Enforcement" , "K9 Officers Manual", and "K9 Supervisors Manual, Dynamics in Developing and Managing Police K9 Units"  currently scheduled for release in June of 2021. 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.

 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.

In 2003 Bob was contracted by the Phoenix  Police Department, Phoenix, Arizona to re-develop their police K9 unit  from the ground up, introducing new training and deployment ideas. In  2005 he was further contracted by the US Government to assist in a joint  Canadian/American venture to train officers and dogs in Rio De Janeiro  in preparation for the 2007 Pan American Games.

Bob has also authored articles and columns in  such periodicals as "Police Magazine", ” Police K9 Magazine”, “K9 Cop  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 Police Dog Home Page which has become a standard resource page on the net for law enforcement K9 operations.

Ron Cloward is a retired police lieutenant in California.  Ron was a  handler of three different police canines during his 26 year career.   Ron and his final partner, Pele, were named the Top Dog and Top  Competitor in 1997.  Ron served as the trainer for the Modesto 14 dog  unit, which kept him very busy after he was promoted to sergeant in  2000.  In 2005, Ron was promoted to lieutenant and became the K-9 unit  commander.  He continued to serve as the trainer of the unit until he  retired in 2011.

Ron is well respected in the K-9 community and  has been a member of Western States Police Canine Association for 25  years.  He has served as the president of W. S. P. C . A., and served on  a committee for California P.O.S.T.  He has taught in conferences  across the country and has authored numerous articles featured in  PoliceK-9Magazine.  He is a lead instructor for Eden Consulting Group’s International Police K9 Conference instructing law enforcement K9 teams throughout North America. 

Steve Lathrop is a retired Patrol Sergeant from Maine’s largest Sheriff’s Department.  He was a K9 handler/ trainer with the department   and has been training police and personal protection canines for the   past 25 years. Steve also was a member of the tactical team and retired   as team commander. He has traveled the US training canine teams in all   disciplines and served as a handler/trainer in Iraq.  He was also instrumental in establishing the States’ Police Academy  training standards for all canine teams in the state of Maine. 

 Experienced Principal Consultant with a demonstrated history of working  in the public safety industry. Skilled in Crisis Management,  Intelligence Analysis, Coaching, Government, and Emergency Management.  Strong consulting professional with a Master of Arts (M.A.) focused in  Leadership Studies from University of Guelph.

He has been a lead instructor for Eden Consulting Group and developed many of the programs used for the International Police K9 Conferences. 

Bob has provided law enforcement, emergency  management and public safety expertise worldwide since 2001.  The  company also provides specialized training including Police Tactics,  Officer Safety, Canine Training, Explosives Training and Crisis  Negotiation, as well as topics such as Leadership Development, Crisis  Communications, Robbery Prevention, Employee Safety, Workplace Violence  & Harassment, Cultural Sensitivity & Diversity Awareness  Training and Investigations. 

Jimmie Davenport is a retired veteran 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.

 In his 43rd year of a K9-centered law enforcement career  Steve White is the only person to have served as a handler, trainer,  training-sergeant, and supervisor for the Seattle Police Canine Unit.  Accredited as a Master Trainer in 1993 by the Washington State Police  Canine Association, Steve is also a past Executive Board Member of that  body. He served as Vice President of the Certification Council for  Professional Dog Trainers, and is a consultant and instructor for the K9  Academy for Law Enforcement. Steve has instructed at seminars in the  U.S., Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Mexico, New  Zealand, Spain, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.  He has served as a  primary instructor for Karen Pryor's ClickerExpo and the Karen Pryor  Academy for Animal Training and Behavior.  His articles have appeared in  police K-9 and dog training publications in the U.S., Canada,  Australia, Finland, and Japan. He specializes in teaching behavior  modification, tracking, and scent work through the use of positive  reinforcement-based operant conditioning. He provides consultation and  training to K-9 units on administrative and legal issues, and has been  recognized as an expert witness by Washington and Federal courts in  Police K-9 and dog behavior matters. 

Vince  Bingaman is a retired law enforcement veteran from the Phoenix Police Department with the last 18 years in  his department’s canine unit.  He was a the lead trainer for the Phoenix  Police Department where his responsibilities  included team selection and training from basic academies through the  advanced tactical applications of a police service dog.

Having  the opportunity to deploy a working patrol dog in a large urban  environment as well as the experience gained in training/instructing in  numerous venues all over North America has given Vince the knowledge to  separate theory from what works on the street.  All of the training  techniques and tracking applications taught have been tested in real  time scenarios and are street proven.

He has become a well recognized expert in the field of police dog tracking and provides programs for agencies wishing to improve their tracking capabilities.

Vince  is also a certifying official and instructor for the National Police  Canine Association and has spent the last 15 years as a consultant for  Bob Eden’s International Canine Conference.  Utilizing his experience  and knowledge, combined with that of other respected experts in the  industry, Vince has assisted numerous agencies in placing safe and  effective teams on the street.  Courtroom experience includes testifying  as an expert in canine use of force and consulting/opining for city  attorney in litigation issues.

Mark is retired from the St. Paul Police Department where he was the lead K9 trainer.  A lead instructor with Eden K9 Consulting, Mark focuses on muzzle training and problem solving techniques.