Guidelines

SWGDOG Process/Schedule

The SWGDOG process takes 6 months to complete including a 2 month period of public comments which are integral to the process of developing SWGDOG guidelines. Below is the draft schedule for SWGDOG guidelines including the tentative dates when the draft guidelines will be posted for public review by each of the nine subcommittees (SC). All guidelines are living documents and will continue to be developed and updated on a regular basis.

1. Unification of terminology (Part A - April 2006; Part B – October 2006; Part C – March 2007; Part D – August ’07)

2. General guidelines for training, certification, maintenance and documentation (April 2006) - Publication in FSC October ’06)

3. Selection of serviceable dogs and replacement systems (October ‘06)

4. Kenneling, keeping, and health care (October ‘06)

5. Selection and training of handlers and instructors (October ’06)

6. Procedures on presenting evidence in court (October ‘06)

7. Research and technology (March ‘07)

8. Substance detector dogs: Agriculture; Arson; Chem./Bio.; Drugs; Explosives; Human remains; Other/Misc. (August ‘07)

9. Scent dogs: Scent identification; Search and Rescue; Trailing dogs; Tracking dogs (Part A - March 2007; Part B – August ‘07)

 

SWGDOG Guidelines

 

For more information, please contact:

Jessie Greb
SWGDOG Executive Secretary
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: (305)348-2292
Email: grebj@fiu.edu