About Lou Castle
I'm a retired Sergeant who worked for two police agencies in the Los Angeles area of California for nearly 30 years. I spent one year as a Reserve Police Officer and three years as a full-time Police Officer at Azusa PD, and the remainder of my time at the Culver City PD in the City of Culver City. In addition to working as a patrol
Officer, I've worked many specialized assignments including as a K-9 handler, K-9 Trainer
and Instructor, as a Traffic Officer, in Vice and Narcotics, SWAT, Detectives, as
an investigator on SIT (a liability/shooting investigation team), Field Training
Officer, Personnel and Training, and Department Rangemaster and Use of Force
Instructor.
In 1979 the Culver City Police Department started a K-9 unit, the fourth agency
in the Los Angeles area to do so in modern times, and I was selected to be one of
the department's first three handlers. I worked as a handler for 5 1/2 years and then my dog retired.
On my Department all assignments rotate so I transferred to another
assignment; but for the next 15 years or so, no matter what assignment I worked,
on K-9 training nights, I'd go out and serve as the in-house K-9 Trainer for the Department.
Then I was injured and had to move on. About a year later, for the
first time since the K-9 unit had been started, the Department hired an outside
trainer to maintain the K-9’s.
Articles I've written have been published
in Dog Sports Magazine, where for several years I was a Contributing Editor on Police Dogs, SAR
Dog Alert, the newsletter of NASAR (National Association of Search and Rescue) Cycling Magazine and many other publications.
I'm certified as an Instructor for the
side-handled baton, the straight baton, the MP–5 Sub Machine Gun, Handguns,
Shotguns and Rifles. I'm also a POST Certified Evaluator for Police Service
Dogs.
I'm a co–founder, past President and Vice–President of the LACPCA
(Los Angeles County Police Canine Association), a non–profit organization that
does training for Police Service Dog handlers. I'm a
former member of the South Bay K-9 Handler's Association and DAD/DAC (Dogs
Against Drugs/Dogs Against Crime); I'm a past Vice–President of a USPCA region
(United States Police Canine Association).
In 1996 I started doing seminars
for training PSD's, SAR dog handlers and pet dog owners. Since then I've done 45
seminars and workshops in 19 states, 34 cities and three foreign countries.
I
presently serve as a legal consultant on K-9 matters and as an instructor at K-9
seminars across the U.S. and in Europe. I also train Police Service Dogs, SAR
dogs and pets.
I've started a Forum dedicated to the discussion of the proper use of the Ecollar. To gain access to the new forum we're asking people to use their full true names (first and last names) when signing up for an account. You must also use a non-anonymous email server. No Gmails or Yahoo or the like. This is for your own protection, it tends to keep out the bozos, the fakes and the frauds.
If, for some reason you need anonymity, (Witness Protection Program, hiding from bill collectors or a spouse, your training group does not like Ecollars, or anything else) just let me know in an email and we'll see what can be done.
If you're interested in joining, Click Here to be taken to the homepage
© 2007 Lou Castle
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