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NORTH AMERICAN POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION
2008 NATIONAL WORKSHOP COMMITTEE
The North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA) will be
holding the 2008 National Workshop in the Indianapolis area.
Many of the dedicated officers must use vacation time to
attend. K-9 Officers and their families travel from all over
the United States and abroad to attend this workshop. In an
effort to help these families NAPWDA plans various family trips
and functions throughout the week.
NAPWDA is a family-oriented organization.
NAPWDA was formed in 1977 and is composed of law enforcement
officers throughout the United States and several other
countries. Our mission is that we are Dedicated to Assisting
Police Work Dog Teams Throughout the World.
The North American Police Work Dog Association strives to
enhance the use of police work dogs by law enforcement agencies
through continuing education in the form of local, state, and
national workshops, held periodically throughout the year.
Officers and their K9's attend these workshops for problem
solving, legal updates, new techniques in various phases of
police work dog use and certifications to our standards.
A family picnic always kicks off the week on Sunday afternoon.
NAPWDA has planned family trips to the Indianapolis Zoo,
Children’s Museum, Conner Prairie, Circle Center Mall and the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There will be one trip each day
while the Officers and their K-9 Partners train. After a hard
day of training most of the officers relax with their families
in the Hospitality room.
At present NAPWDA consists of approximately 3400 total members,
of which only 150 are Associate members. The remaining members
are either current or retired law enforcement officers. There
are 55 state coordinators at this time. Regular Members are
full time or retired law enforcement officers (Federal,
Military, State, County, or Municipal) involved with police work
dogs. Associate Members do not have to be law enforcement
officers. They must include a current criminal history record
check, be sponsored each year by a Regular Member and approved
by the Executive Board. Additionally, Associate Members do not
have any vote in this organization and they may attempt to
certify with their dog team only in restricted phases.
NAPWDA currently has 23 Accredited Trainers and 54 Accredited
Master Trainers. Remember these persons are either current or
retired law enforcement K9 officers, not civilian or private
citizens in a private business. There are 21 NAPWDA Accredited
K-9 Training Areas.
As of the date of this letter, NAPWDA Master Trainers have
certified 3800 police work dog teams, of which the accreditation
is still currently valid. Since 1983, NAPWDA Master Trainers
have certified more than 17,000 K9 teams in the United States.
The purpose of this letter is to tell you about our great
association and to ask for your support in bringing this event
to the Indianapolis area. We are in need of donations of all
kinds. Money is always the most sought after. All monetary
donations will be used to pay for Family trips, the family
picnic, an awards banquet at the end of the week and for drinks
at the training sites.
If you choose, we are also accepting donations for raffle
prizes. This could be anything that we can give away in a
drawing. We also would like to find sponsors for the
Hospitality room. We will have the Hospitality room open six
nights. Sponsorship of one night would include drinks and
snacks or food.
NAPWDA is incorporated and we are 501 C 3 not for profit, any
donations are tax deductible.
If you have any questions please contact me at 317-670-3914 or
visit the NAPWDA web site
www.napwda.com.
Sincerely,
Robert Mitchell
2008 National Workshop
Chairperson
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