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Police K-9 Magazine's Editorial Advisory Board members, contributing editors and writers, and trainers are second to none in the industry. 

Terry Anderson,
Editorial Advisory Board Member

Terry Anderson is president of the National Police Canine Association and is a certifying official and instructor for that group. Prior to becoming president, he was a member of NPCA's Standards Committee. He has been a police officer since 1988 and has been involved in the K-9 program his entire career. Currently he works for the Pasadena Police Department Narcotics Unit, where he handles a dual-purpose dog and trains narcotics, explosives, patrol, and tactical teams from local agencies. He also is an assault team member within Pasadena's SWAT Unit.  Terry has attended numerous schools and seminars in this industry (K-9 and SWAT) as a student, instructor, and judge and has testified in numerous court cases.

Ben Bennett began working with police dogs in January 1968 as a handler. He spent 20 years of a 30-year career in K-9. Ben served as a handler, supervisor, head trainer, and executive officer of a 30-team department. He was the founder and first president of the Virginia Police Work Dog Association, and he is president of the North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA). NAPWDA has more than 4,000 members in the United States and seven foreign countries. Ben is a certified master trainer through NAPWDA and he owns a K-9 consulting business.

Tracy Bowling began training dogs for law enforcement in 1968. He has trained explosives and tunnel detection dogs for the U.S. Department of Defense and provided contract bloodhound tracking services to the FBI, U.S. Marshall's Service, U.S. Army, CID, and state and local police. He also has served as the training director for a 10-team Sheriff's K-9 Unit and the North Carolina Wildlife Enforcement 10-team K-9 Unit. He currently operates Ventosa Kennel in North Carolina, where he provides K-9 and handler training for law enforcement.

Frank Campbell is a K-9 Unit trainer at the Pinellas County (FL) Sheriffs Office, where he works a patrol/narcotics dog and oversees training for its 11-dog unit. Previously, Frank served as a detective/handler in the narcotics division for eight years. He has trained more than 60 patrol/drug/bomb dogs, has three years as a military patrol/drug handler, four years as a police patrol/bomb dog handler, 14 years as a police drug/patrol dog handler, and has trained with the Royal Dutch Air Force and French National Police in Europe. Frank serves as a USPCA Region 1 vice-president, Level 1 trainer, and narcotics judge. He is a Florida-certified instructor/evaluator.

Ted Daus is an assistant state attorney with the Broward County State Attorney's Office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has been a prosecutor for the past 13 years, the last nine of which he has been assigned to the Drug Trafficking Unit for the State Attorney's Office. Ted graduated from Nova Southeastern School of Law in 1991. He has extensive experience as a lecturer on search and seizure for D.E.A., U.S. Customs, various Florida police departments, the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, the Police K-9 Training Institute, and the Canine Development Group.

Steve Dean joined the Metropolitan (London) Police in 1975 and served in
central London, covering locations such as Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. He joined the dog section in 1981 and worked two German Shepherds as general-purpose and tactical firearm support dogs. He joined the instructional staff at the dog training school in 1991 as instructor in charge of tactical firearm support training. In 1992, he became the breeding manager responsible for producing and training  replacement animals for the 300-plus service dogs in the Metropolitan Police. Steve holds an advanced U.K. government and Association of Chief Police Officers police dog training certificate. He has competed in police and civilian dog trials and is a qualified judge of regional and national police dog trials.

Robert Eden is the president of Eden Consulting Group. He has been a police officer since 1981, working with the Delta Police Department in British Columbia. Initially assigned to patrol and the traffic section, he became a member of the dog section in 1983. He has written two books, Dog Training for Law Enforcement and the K-9 Officer's Manual, has authored many articles, and has been involved in developing video productions for law enforcement K-9 training. He has been a member of the B.C. Police Commission's committee to create minimum police dog training standards for law-enforcement agencies in British Columbia. In 1991 he developed the International Police K-9 Conference.

Mark Ficcadenti is a 20-year veteran police officer and 15-year K-9 handler with the Saint Paul Police Department in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He currently holds the position of head trainer. Mark 's responsibilities include dog acquisition for the department as well as for other police agencies who train in the department's annual 12-week Basic Canine Handler School. He directs the training of the department's 21 police service dogs and their handlers and coordinates and directs the in-service training of dogs and handlers from many agencies throughout a five-state area. Mark also provides consulting services for police agencies throughout the country.

Terry Fleck is a deputy sheriff II/canine handler for the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office in South Lake Tahoe, California. Terry has been in law enforcement for 27 years and has been involved with police dogs during that time. Terry has been a police dog handler and trainer for 22 years and is currently working his third canine partner, a PSD cross-trained for narcotics, evidence recovery, and tracking. Terry is an expert in the field of canine legalities and has authored books about legal issues in using canines in law enforcement. He also teaches Canine Legal Update and Opinions classes throughout the United States and Canada. His classes focus on canine legalities, the prevention of litigation and canine tactics.

Marv Gangloff has been training handlers and dogs in all phases of law enforcement for more than 33 years. He also launched the city of Santa Cruz' first K-9 Unit 23 years ago. He is the owner/director of the Mar-Ken International Police K-9 Training Center in Santa Cruz, California, and he trains and supplies dogs for more than 130 agencies throughout the western United States and Mexico. He is a California P.O.S.T. certified instructor for Advanced Handler, Agitator, and Evaluator courses.

Jim Gentry has been a police officer for the Aurora, Colorado, Police Department for 25 years. He has worked police dogs for 15 years. In the 1980s, Jim worked a patrol dog that was cross-trained as an explosives detection dog. Currently, he is is assigned to the Narcotics Unit and working his second drug detection dog. Jim is an adjunct judge with the State of Utah P.O.S.T. Service Dog Program and a certifying official with the Colorado State Police Canine Association.

Mike has been the owner/director of International K-9 since 1980. He has been an instructor for canine training classes in explosives detection for the IDF Oketz (Special Forces K-9 Unit) and the Israel National and Border Police. He has procured and trained dogs for the LAPD Bomb Squad and has been under contract with the USAF Security Forces to provide explosives clearances during high-level threat alerts. He is a member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators and the International Society of Explosives Engineers.

During his 35-plus year career, Russ Hess has held every rank from patrolman to chief. Russ has been involved with police canines since 1970 and is the current national executive director of the United States Police Canine Association. He has been a national judge for the USPCA since 1975. He has trained, evaluated, or judged more than 6,000 police service dogs.

Denzel Lukens has more than two decades of law-enforcement experience and nearly 25 years of K-9 experience. Denzel started working K-9's in the military and continued in law enforcement. He is the trainer for his unit, which consists of six dual-purpose teams. Denzel has attended numerous schools and seminars and is a PSP instructor and judge for patrol, narcotics, and bomb dogs.

A retired federal police officer (U.S. Secret Service) with more than 21 years of canine experience as a handler and instructor, Freddie Mcmillon is the lead canine instructor/consultant for the Federal Reserve Canine Division. He specializes in explosives detection.

Wendell Nope is the director of the Utah P.O.S.T. service dog program. He began working with police dogs more than 30 years ago and has trained, evaluated, and certified thousands of teams. Wendell is the sole U.S. representative to the International Congress of Police Service Dogs. He also is the only certified teaching judge in the United States. His duties include training and supervising the training of police service dog handlers, instructors, and judges throughout the United States. Wendell is recognized as an expert witness in the field of police service dogs and has testified in U.S. state and federal courts.

Bill Nott has been a police officer since 1978 and has handled and trained police service dogs since 1984. He presently has three police canine teams in his agency. Bill founded the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association in 1990 and is a Master Trainer for the North American Police Work Dog Association and a consultant with the International Police Canine Conference. Bill also has instructed for the United States Police Canine Association on a national and regional level.

Bruce Shepherd has been a police officer for the past 14 years. He has been involved with police canines for more than 17 years. Bruce started out as a decoy for local police departments and became a handler his second year on the job. He is an instructor and judge for the Utah P.O.S.T. police service dog program. He also was instrumental in setting up a multiagency K-9 program in the Salt Lake City area.

Brad Smith has been a K-9 handler for the past 18 years and a SWAT dog handler for 15 years. He specializes in field tactics and officer safety. He is a K-9 SWAT instructor for California P.O.S.T., Utah P.O.S.T., and the U.S. Police Instructor Team. He has given courses on K-9 SWAT deployment throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Brad also started the SWAT & K-9's Interacting During Deployment School (SKIDDS)

Andrew Weiman has been a police officer for more than 16 years. He is a narcotics detective with the Broward Sheriffs Office, utilizing narcotics dogs daily. He is a graduate of the Canadian Customs Detector Dog Service and a trainer for the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training Center. He has taught narcotics dog operations and interdiction classes throughout the United States. Andrew has been called upon to use his expertise in state and federal cases involving drug detection canines and to evaluate drug detection canines for various U.S. agencies.

Donn Yarnall retired as a sergeant after 28 years with LAPD. He established the first narcotics detector dog for LAPD in 1977, as well as the first patrol K-9 unit in 1980. Donn has conducted thousands of K-9 searches and trained more than 1,500 dogs during his time as chief K-9 trainer for LAPD. He also has judged police K-9 events in the U.S., Europe, and Canada. He is an expert witness in state and federal courts, testifying more than100 times. Donn has attended training schools and seminars worldwide as a student and a judge.

Bob is an inspector with the Field Support Division of the Niagara Regional Police in Ontario, Canada. He also instructs in tactics, problem solving, officer safety, firearms, and handler selection and supervision for administrators at seminars and conferences throughout North America. Bob is a qualified expert witness and has authored numerous articles about using police service dogs.