Welcome to the National Police Canine Association. NPCA was established in 1997, for the street working dog and is the best resource for the professional canine unit. NPCA is a 501C3 non-profit association dedicated to the training, development and certification of law enforcement canine teams and their administrations. Our association offers nationally accepted certifications throughout the year across the United States. We provide regional and national canine training seminars several times a year. NPCA provides leadership and canine administration training for all supervisory levels. We can help reduce your liability through expert courtroom testimony, current case law updates and legal defense assistance. NPCA has Trainers, Instructors, a Standards Committee and a Board of Directors with vast canine experience in all canine related aspects. NPCA provides and monitors an interactive, online chat group for all members to exchange vital information.

STREET-REALISTIC Certifications Provided by NPCA certified officials in the areas of PATROL, NARCOTICS, EXPLOSIVE DETECTION, TRACKING & TRAILING, HUMAN DETECTION, CONTRABAND, TACTICAL and also WILDLIFE.

MEMBER AWARDS  - Our Member Awards section has recently been updated. Please visit the page to view the updates. You can also scroll to the bottom of the Member Awards page and click on the link for the Archives page if you wish to view awards presented for previous years.

Standards Committee - We have added a Standards Committee Section to our web site. The link for that section now appears at the top of the page in the Sub-Menu Section. The Standards Committee section is currently under construction and will be fully updated in the next couple of days. We are also in the process of upgrading our standards for Training & Certifications Section, which should also be finished in the coming week.