The selected contractor shall provide police K-9 training services for the Santa Maria Police Department. The successful Proposer shall provide a training plan that covers current State and Federal laws, current case law and is consistent with California POST regulations. Training for Canine Handlers: 1. Contractor shall provide training for police canines in tracking, trailing, detection, and apprehension. 2. Contractor shall submit a training plan to SMPD for approval. The training plan shall specify the description of training scenarios for each training session. 3. Contractor shall design training scenarios to recreate actual law enforcement situations as closely as possible. 4. Detection Training: Training shall be specifically designed to enable the detection canines to be utilized for the detection of illegal substances, including, but not limited to methamphetamines, cocaine, cocaine salts in various forms, heroin, and opiates and all other detection training as needed for assignment (i.e.. Bomb, Firearm, electronics, etc.). 5. Contractor shall provide onsite training to SMPD canine handlers and canine teams at least twice a month. 6. Each training session shall be 4-8 hours...
