Dog handler definition

Dog handler means any fully commissioned law enforcement officer or corrections officer of a state, county, city, municipality, or combination thereof, agency who is responsible for the routine care, control, and utilization of a police canine within a law enforcement or corrections assign- ment; and
Dog handler means a prison officer who is a member of the canine section;
Dog handler means a person trained in the handling of drug detection dogs, including the care, feeding, and maintenance of drug detection dogs and the procedures necessary to train and control the behavior of drug detection dogs.

Examples of Dog handler in a sentence

  • A certificate to the effect that Police verification has been done and is available with the Tenderer and that they are fully responsible for the conduct of their Dog handlers, will have to be given before deploying any new Dog handler.

  • Sgt ARW Oosthuizen Eastern CapeSergeant Oosthuizen was assigned as a Patrol Dog handler at the K9 Unit, Port Elizabeth.

  • Only the Narcotic Detection Dog handler will be permitted to enter the Camp Room to manage and ensure the safety of the Narcotic Detection Dog and integrity of the Camp Room’s contents.

  • A Police Service Dog handler is assigned to the Police Service Dog Unit and supervised by the Police Service Dog Commander and PSD Sergeant corresponding to the duty station of the PSD team.

  • Dog handler PC Davey (now retired), PD Bacca and other officers responded to calls about a man smashing shop windows and acting in a violent and unpredictable manner.


More Definitions of Dog handler

Dog handler means an employee whose duties are to attend to, groom and assist in the transportation of dogs;
Dog handler means the person in the field that is responsible for transporting, releasing, tracking, controlling, managing, training, commanding and retrieving the dogs involved in the pursuit. The owner of the dogs is presumed the dog handler when the owner is in the field during pursuit.
Dog handler means any person who, for compensation, handles, supplies or trains dogs for the protection or safety of persons or property.
Dog handler means a person involved in releasing a dog to pursue a wild animal, including but not limited to the owner of the dog and any person involved in transporting, loading, unloading, catching, restraining, releasing or tracking the dog. [PL 2021, c. 580, §2 (NEW).]
Dog handler means a person, in control of a dog that has been specifically trained in the detection of illicit substances such as illegal drugs and explosive substances.
Dog handler means a person, in control of a Sniffer Dog. "Drug" means:
Dog handler means a law enforcement officer who has successfully completed training as prescribed by the Washington state criminal justice training commission in police dog handling, or in the case of an accelerant detection dog, the state fire marshal’s designee or an employee of the fire department authorized by the fire chief to be the dog’s handler.