MPP Founder Kat Albrecht on patrol with her Bloodhound Chase
Qualifications
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You might wonder what our qualifications are for developing a training and certification program for pet detectives and MAR search dogs. Since 1989, MPP founder Kat Albrecht has been training search dogs and following a diverse career in law enforcement. Below are a select number of training certificates, awards, articles, and letters of commendation that illustrate the training, knowledge, and success experienced by Kat in law enforcement search work with scent trailing and cadaver detection dogs. This investigative training and successful search work laid the foundation for Kat's transition to tracking lost pets in 1997.
The following awards and certificates are in .JPG format
Letters of Commendation For K9 Finds
UCSC PD
Watsonville PD
Carmel By the Sea PD
Scotts Valley PD
San Jose PD
Articles Confirming K9 Finds
| April 1994 | Santa Cruz Sentinel | Bloodhound Finds Elderly Missing Man Kat's Bloodhound A.J. found a missing Alzheimer's patient |
| April 1995 | Santa Cruz Sentinel | Devoted Bloodhound Wins National Award by a Nose Kat and her Bloodhound A.J. received a national lifesaving award for tracking and finding a man shot in the woods |
| May 1995 | National Police Bloodhound Association | "Nose News" Newsletter Kat's lifesaving find was published in the NPBA newsletter |
| July 1996 | Santa Cruz Sentinel | SV Police Arrest Man in Burglary String Kat's Bloodhound A.J. tracked down and captured a felony burglary suspect |
National Lifesaving Award
NPBA Lifesaving Award Kat's Bloodhound A.J. tracked down a man shot in the woods and saved his life
Training Courses
| October 1990 | SAR CITY: Search-and-Rescue seminar |
| October 1992 | San Bernardino Sheriffs Office: Basic Investigative Tracking Seminar |
| June 1994 | Background Investigations Certification |
| August 1995 | Office Emergency Services: Search-and-Rescue Management Course |
| October 1996 | Field Training Officer Certification |
| January 2000 | American Seminar Leader's Association: Certified Seminar Leader |
Police K9 Training
| April 1991 | San Diego, CA | Southern California Search Dog Seminar |
| May 1992 | Tulare, CA | Man Trailing Bloodhound Handler Theory & Techniques Seminar |
| November 1993 | Los Gatos, CA | Reading Your Bloodhound Seminar |
| April 1995 | Grantsville, MD | National Police Bloodhound Association ManTrailing Training Seminar |
| Oct 1996 | Las Cruces, MD | Dona Ana County Bloodhound Seminar |
| April 1999 | Alameda, CA | Alameda Police Basic Urban Man Trailing Seminar |
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