I’ve been a Deputy Sheriff for over 23 years with two California Sheriff’s Office’s. I started my career working for the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office. I developed and established Lassen County’s first canine unit. I handled and trained two police service canines, one single purpose narcotics detection canine and one crossed trained patrol and narcotics detection canine. I was on Lassen County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team where I operated a dog. I was assigned to the courts division and patrol division where I was able to work many different types of cases.
I’m currently working for the Butte County Sheriff’s Office where I have been for over 16 years. I’ve handled and trained two police service canines with the Butte County Sheriff’s Office, one crossed trained patrol and explosive detection canine and one crossed trained patrol and narcotics detection canine. I was assigned to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team for over 8 years where I operated two different canines for the team. I established Butte County Sheriff’s Office first DHE (Domestic Highway Enforcement) program in 2013 where I worked with a canine. I was an FTO (field training officer) with the Butte County Sheriff’s Office for many years. I was promoted to Detective and assigned to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit with a canine. I was promoted to Sergeant with the Butte County Sheriff’s Office where I worked a canine on patrol for many years. I have hundreds of documented in field deployments with canines and thousands of hours of training police service dogs. I’ve testified and given canine explanations in court regarding canine training and pretrial readiness preparation with canine handlers and DDA’s. I was promoted to Lieutenant where I in charge of, Internal Affairs, Backgrounds Unit, Training Division, Civil Unit, Patrol Administration, Courts, Records Division and CCW handling along with the K-9 Unit’s supervision and training. I was promoted to Captain where I have been assigned to the services division of the organization that includes the supervision and training of the K-9 Unit.
I worked as a regional canine trainer for a large K-9 training company for over 4 years, training police canines and running monthly maintenance trainings for many Law Enforcement agencies. I’m an instructor for California POST canine evaluators class. I’ve owned and operated Meyer’s Police Canine Training LLC, training law enforcement canines, importing and selling dogs, running advanced and basic handler schools and classes, decoy instruction, narcotics and explosive detection training, monthly maintenance training and assisting in canine unit organization. I’ve co-taught many canine case law update classes to Law Enforcement handlers and administrators and have attended many different police service seminars and conferences over the years. In 2023, I provided subject matter expert testimony at the California state capital in opposition of AB-742