Got Drugs? Facts
Trainee Curtis Cagam clarifies exercise instructions with Director of Police Operations Danny Parker during K9 class drills at Vohne Liche Kennels. (View larger version)
- President Richard Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1973.
- The DEA currently employs almost 5,000 Special Agents and has a budget of over $2 billion.
- The DEA allows experts to obtain certain amounts of controlled substances for training purposes.
- Vohne Liche Kennels uses actual drugs to train their dogs via a license they have with the DEA.
- The ATF allows businesses to obtain a Federal Explosives Permit, which lets the organization obtain certain amounts of various explosives for training purposes.
- Black-tar heroin is a cheap, potent form of heroin.
- Travis Yike and his K9 Hodo make up one of two K9 teams in the Logansport Police Department.
- Carl Swan is the Assistant Police Chief with the Logansport Police Department.
- Sgt. D.J. Sommers is a detective with the Logansport Police Department.
- Chad VanCamp is a K9 handler with the Kokomo Police Department.
- Jason Coleman is the Chief of Police of the Rochester Police Department.
- Positive reinforcement, like praise or a food or toy reward, is a training tool used by trainers and pet owners to get a dog to repeat good behaviors.
