Instructors

Doug Roller is the owner and founder of Tactical K9. Doug is also the Chief Trainer for the Los Angeles Police Departments (LAPD) K-9 Platoon, Metropolitan Division. He is a nationally recognized expert in K-9 tactics, perimeter containments and search techniques, with over 6,000 K-9 deployments. Doug has been a member of the LAPD since 1982. In his almost 30 years of service Doug has been assigned to the K-9 Platoon Division for 22 of those years. He was a handler and Assistant Trainer for 7 years and captured over 400 suspects with his assigned canine during that time. Doug has been assigned as the Platoons Chief Trainer for the past 15 years. He has also worked numerous patrol divisions, including the OIC for the Rampart CRASH Unit, Complaint Investigation Units and has received numerous unit commendations and LAPD’s Bravery Under Fire Medal.

Doug has conducted countless seminars throughout North America, instructing on Perimeter Containments, Search Team Tactics and proper E-collar use (Off-Leash Control). Doug is also a California POST Certified AICC Instructor. Doug oversees all aspects of K9 training, maintenance and K9 selection for the LAPD K9 Platoon. Their Platoon maintains one of, if not the highest find ratios in the nation (52 to 55 %). Sergeant Roller is a court qualified K9 expert and has testified in numerous K9 litigation cases. Below is a bullet resume of his accomplishments.

Experience 

29 years as a Los Angeles Police Officer

17 years as a Los Angeles Police Sergeant

15 years as Chief Trainer, 4 years as Assistant K9 Trainer

7 years as a K9 Handler

Apprehended in excess of 400 suspects during assigned K9 searches

Assisted in the physical apprehension of over 1,500 suspects while assisting on K9 searches

Assisted and managed in excess of 6,000 K9 searches

Personally trained and certified in excess of 200 Police Service Dogs

Assisted training in excess of 1,000 Police Service Dog Teams

Successfully implemented the Los Angeles Police Departments Find & Bark Policy for K9 Deployments

Developed K9 Directed Deployment Protocols for K9 / SWAT Criteria

Testified numerous times in Civil and Federal Court as a K9 and Use of Force Expert (voir dire in Civil and Federal Courts)

Conducted hundreds of Police K9 demonstrations and lectures on the use of the Police Service Dog

Been personally involved in several Officer Involved Shootings (not litigated)

Officer In Charge of Rampart Gang Unit

Officer In Charge of Complaint Investigation Unit

Instructed in excess of 1,000 officers in K9 search tactics and perimeter containments for the Los Angeles Police Department

Instructed in excess of 1,000 Law Enforcement and Military personnel in K9 Behavior, Problem Solving, E-collar work, High-Risk K9 searches, and Perimeter Containment and K9 SWAT applications

Accomplishments

Maintaining K9 Platoon find ratio in excess of 50% for the past 10 years, with a bite ratio below 22%

Successfully testified numerous times in Civil and Federal Courts as a K9 Expert never losing a case

Developing the Departments first “Gun Detection” program with single purpose canines utilizing off-leash search techniques

Certified California POST AICC Instructor (No. 1850 – 21705)

Instructor for the Los Angeles Police Canine Association annual Police K-9 Seminar

Instructor for Dogs Against Drugs Dogs Against Crime (DADAC) Organization

Instructor for the Police K9 Magazine annual HITS Seminar and author of numerous writings and periodicals for the magazine

Instructed for the Omaha Police Department, assisting in their development of high risk search tactics, perimeter containments, and off-leash K9 search tactics

Judged in several K9 Competitions throughout the nation

Assisted in developing the Los Angeles Police Departments first Tracking & Trailing Program

Assisted in a successful presentation for “K9 Hazard Pay” to the Los Angeles Police Departments Police Commission.
Written and published numerous periodicals related to canine training and search tactics

Assisted in developing the Los Angeles Police Departments K9 Manual

Received in excess of 100 Police Commendations for outstanding work

Received several Police Meritorious Unit Citations for Outstanding Work

Received Police Medal for Bravery under fire

Updated December 1, 2010