K9 Case Law is the comprehensive course on the law that governs K9 deployment, use of force, civil and criminal liability, and reporting. Built for K9 handlers, supervisors, prosecutors, and the line officers who work alongside K9s, the course covers the full doctrine across 47 lessons.
The course is organized around four major themes. The Fourth Amendment foundations: the constitutional text, burdens of proof, N.E.R.D.S. articulation, searches and seizures, abandonment, plain view and smell, open fields, consent. The K9 deployment doctrines: terminology, cueing, certification, pretext stops, free air sniffs, deployment with and without reasonable suspicion, occupant removal, pre-alert touching, motor vehicle exception, passenger searches, domiciles and parking lots, parcel interdiction, schools, and deployment on persons. The use of force across the K9 spectrum: Graham v. Connor across three parts, misdemeanor versus felony, deadly force, jails, tactical teams, community caretaking, warnings, conflicting commands, handler control, and case studies. And the liability framework: injuring a K9, post-force follow-up, report writing, qualified immunity, Section 1983 civil rights lawsuits, Section 242 criminal indictments, duty to intervene, and accidental dog bites.
After completing this course, K9 handlers and the officers who work with them will have a comprehensive working command of the doctrine that governs every aspect of K9 work.
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