Brad Smith- SWAT/ K9 Ops. Corporal Smith has been a police officer since 1981, a canine handler for the last 20 years and a SWAT dog handler for the last 18 years. Corporal Smith is the founder of Canine Tactical Operations & Consulting or K9TacOps for short. Corporal Smith provides consulting services to law enforcement on K-9 related issues such as: dog and handler selection, oral boards, training, report writing, policy, case law, use of force, deployment tactics for K-9 patrol deployments and K-9 SWAT operations. Corporal Smith provides Expert Witness Testimony and consulting to attorneys in criminal and civil cases regarding K-9 and K-9 SWAT deployments. Cpl Smith also provides, basic & advanced CAnine Tactical Schools (CATS) for K-9 handlers and SWAT & K-9 Interaction During Deployment School (S.K.I.D.D.S.) for SWAT teams and K-9 units. Smith is currently N.T.O.A.'s National Canine Chairman and Subject Matter Expert for C.A.T.O.'s (California Association of Tactical Officers) on K-9 Swat Deployment. Smith has taught thousands of officers throughout the United States, Brazil and Canada.