Our Consultants have years of experience training police and military services around the globe.
We are specialists with real life knowledge needed to provide you the best in law enforcement K9 training... knowledge gained from our own experience working in law enforcement and military operations.
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.