EXPERIENCE BEHIND
EVERY SCENARIO.
HRD Police K9 brings instructors, decoys, and handlers together around one purpose: preparing the team for the work.
THE STANDARD
IS THE STREET.
Certification is a milestone. Training has to keep moving.
HRD Police K9 was built to push training beyond familiar routines. Our three-day seminars challenge handlers and dogs with realistic scenarios, experienced instruction, and direct feedback.
We work with teams at different stages of development. The expectation stays consistent: show up ready to work, be open to feedback, and take the lessons back to your own program.
Since 2018, HRD has trained 2,000+ police K9 teams across North America.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION.
REAL EXPERIENCE.
HRD’s seminars are led by experienced instructors and supported by decoys selected for their work with patrol dogs.
RAY MURPHY
Ray is a U.S. Marine veteran who served with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Illinois State University.
His training background includes programs at Tarheel Canine and police K9 instructor training through Torchlight K9, with an emphasis on scenario-based work. Ray is also a co-owner of Koru K9 and the founder of Warriors Healing Network.
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TED SUMMERS
Ted’s background spans working dogs, protection dogs, and police service dogs. His areas of instruction include patrol and utility work, dog development, decoy work, detection, and K9 policy and procedure.
Ted is a co-host of Working Dog Radio and works with Torchlight K9 in Oklahoma. He brings experience teaching handlers and decoys and working with police and military training groups. That practical background informs HRD’s focus on realistic scenarios and the handler-dog team.
NO EGO.
DO THE WORK.
Honest feedback only matters if it helps the team move forward.
We set the challenge to the team’s experience, watch the work, and give clear guidance. The aim is useful development for the handler and the dog, with lessons that carry into ongoing department training.
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A shared commitment to better prepared teams.
BRING HRD TO
YOUR DEPARTMENT.
Three days. Your teams. A higher standard of preparation.