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X-mo-1979 said:What is the selection like for handlers?Do many people get into this line of work?And what would improve your chances?
You've first gotta work with the dogs during training. During the new training phase for new PSD selection you've gotta be there to help out. Most often this is done during you "off" time without pay. You gotta go through different stages to prove that you really want to be a PSD handler, and not to mention physically fit as hell. I've yet to meet a PSD handler whose NOT fit. They run like the freaking wind, and they're agile as hell. I guess that comes with going over and under fences with your partner when he/she dose the tracking.
Not many people want to, not many people make it in. There are only a few kicking around the Lower Mainland as far as the RCMP is concerned. It's a pooled and shared resource.
I don't know what will improve your chances mate. Physically fit, willing to get low and dirty, and oh yeah... be bitten by dogs... lots of em... over... and over... and over again in a Bad Man suit ;D