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.

Important Notice: Please be advised that NPCA's web site has been relocated to a new server system and as you may have noticed, it has also been redesigned. It has been our goal to give our web site a totally new look and feel, in addition to being more user friendly. If you should visit this web site in the near future and find that a page doesn't load, something is missing or the site is running slow, please disregard and instead keep checking back often as we expect some glitches along the way while we make the needed changes and upgrades.

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