Board Members & Instructors

  • Raymond Jackson

    PRESIDENT/INSTRUCTOR

  • Dana Cooley

    VICE PRESIDENT/INSTRUCTOR

    34 years law enforcement retiring as Chief of Police. 9 years Bloodhound handler/owner.

  • Diana Cooley

    TREASURER

  • Officer Clay Rushford (retired Orange MA. PD) & K-9 Matte

    INSTRUCTOR

    34 years handling 5 patrol dogs.. Co-author of an article for Fire Chief magazine on searching for the missing person. Certified NASAR search manager. Attended seminars on advanced scent work, suspect tactics, tactical woodland tracking, advanced and tactical tracking, and Homeland Security training. K-9 Ajo (3rd partner) received an award from the Police Hall of Fame for the tracking and capture of two burglary suspects.

  • Chief Bill Chapman, Phillipston MA PD

    INSTRUCTOR

  • Officer Laura Gordon (retired Erving MA PD) & K9 Ziva

    INSTRUCTOR

    33 years in law enforcement , including 14 years as a k-9 handler. She is Co-Founder of the Comfort Dog Program for law enforcement agencies nationwide, helping bring crisis response and community support together.

    Her former partners K-9 Clarence and K-9 Rosie, received the 2013 Top Dog Award from the NYC Animal Medical Center. They appeared twice at the White House, and K-9 Clarence is memorialized in a mural at the U.S. Capital.

    In 2022 she teamed up with K-9 Ziva. Certified in man trailing and scent discrimination they have assisted in locating missing individuals and provided critical direction to police departments in their investigations.