2026 IPCA Training Institute Instructors
As of July 30, 2025
PLEASE NOTE. 2026 Instructors are not determined yet.
We leave this up for reference to inform new interest to see what instructors we had in the past.
More Details to Come! We are just getting started.
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Andy Weiman
Andy Weiman Bio – With more than 33 years of police experience involving various assignments in specialty drug investigation unit in south Florida, Detective Weiman ...
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Billy Sawyer
Billy has approximately 16 years of Law Enforcement experience that started with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in Jacksonville Florida. Billy was assigned to a Tactical ...
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Brad Gillespie
Brad has been a police and military canine handler / trainer for 25 years. He is the president of the Canadian Police Canine Association and ...
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Brian Hempelmann
Brian Hempelmann became a police officer in 1994 with the Westminster Police Department in Colorado. He then became a K9 handler in 1997. Brian has ...
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Clint George
Dr. Clinton R. George, DVM COL (Ret) U.S. Army Diplomat American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Radiology Residency Trained Dr. George received a Bachelor of ...
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Craig Schultz
Craig Schultz has 33 years of professional animal training experience in various arenas of the animal industry ranging from exotic animals to detection canines. His ...
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Dan Nunez
Trooper Danny Nunez has 30 years’ experience in Law Enforcement and is currently working as a Texas State Trooper patrolling I-40 since 2010. Trooper Nunez ...
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Dustin Elleman
Dustin has over 21 years of k-9 working experience. Dustin has trained over 400 dog teams in detection and patrol. Dustin is a subject matter ...
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Gabriel Lavella
Gabriel Lavella, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of Canaery, a company pioneering the world’s first commercial Nose-Computer Interface (NCI) to digitize scent. With expertise ...
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Gary Aulis
Owner/Lead Trainer, Scenturion K9 Consulting Gary Aulis retired from the Fontana Police Department (Southern California) in 2017 and has more than 30 years of law ...
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Gary Hadden
Officer Gary Hadden is currently a Criminal Interdiction Unit K9 handler and Trainer for the Indianapolis Metro Police Department and is also a former Task ...
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Jason Alter
Jason Alter is a sworn law enforcement officer with over 20 years of experience in public safety. He currently serves as a certified Public Safety ...
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Jeff Schettler
Jeff Schettler is a retired police K9 handler who worked for the City of Alameda and County of Amador in California and was attached to ...
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Jim Ljunggren
Jim is a 35 year police canine handler/ trainer who has been involved in the blasting industry since the 1980s. Jim has worked in science ...
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Katie Sloan
Dr. Katylynn Sloan is a chemist with the United States Secret Service working in the Advanced Research and Capabilities Division. She received her Ph.D. in ...
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Ken Furton, Ph.D
Dr. Kenneth G. Furton is Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Executive Director of the Global Forensic and Justice Center, Director of the NSF ...
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Kevin Good
Kevin has a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and has spent two decades serving as the programmatic and technical lead on Battelle’s numerous ...
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Kirk Yeager
Kirk Yeager is currently a chief explosives scientist at the FBI laboratory in Quantico Virginia. He has a BS in chemistry from Lafayette college and ...
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Michael Kmiecik
Mike is a current 26-year law enforcement veteran and 17-year veteran police service and working dog handler in the Chicago Metropolitan area. He has handled ...
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Peter Ledochowitzsch
Peter Ledochowitsch is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Canaery, a neurotechnology company working to digitize the sense of smell. He leads the development of ...
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Ricky Farley
Ricky Farley owns and operates Alabama Canine Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Center, Inc. During his time training Ricky Farley has trained dogs for 28 different ...
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Steve Walton
My name is Stephen Walton, I am a Sheriff’s Deputy employed by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and have been employed for 25 years. I ...
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Ted Daus
Ted Daus was an assistant state attorney with the Broward County State Attorney’s Office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was a prosecutor for the past ...
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Terry Anderson
Terry Anderson, 25 years Pasadena Police Department Texas, (ret. Sgt) 20 years handling a dual purpose canine and 20 years on SWAT. After promoting was ...
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Tobias Gustavsson
Tobias has been working full-time as a dog trainer and instructor for the last 20 years. He is one of the founders of SWDI and ...
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