Membership
Information
- Full
Membership to this association
shall be open to any active full
time paid law enforcement officer, either Federal, State, County or
Municipal, who is a canine handler, trainer or administrator, pending
approval of regional
elected officers. This shall include members of the Military Police who
may be either canine handlers, trainers, or administrators.
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- Any
full member may continue
as such in the event he or she enters military service and later
returns to canine law enforcement on a full time basis.
.
- An
association membership
may be held in the Association under the following conditions:
.
- A
person who trains canines for an
established law enforcement agency.
- A
retired full time paid
law enforcement officer, either Federal, State, County or Municipal,
who was a canine handler, trainer or administrator
pending approval of regional elected officers. This shall include
members of the military police that may be retired canine handlers,
trainers or administrators.
.
- Associate
membership must
have approval of Regional Elected Officers.
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- Associate
membership shall
have voting privileges but cannot hold regional or National office.
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- Provisions
are provided in
the By-Laws for establishment of Regions (25 members) and also for
local Districts (10 members). These regions and districts are rapidly
being formed throughout the United States.
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- Death
Benefit: $2,000 Death Benefit for a member who is Killed in the Line of
Duty
- Death
Benefit: $1,000 Death Benefit
for a canine who is Killed in
the Line of Duty
- Annual
dues are forty dollars ($40.00)
per year.
- You
will also receive issues of the Canine Courier throughout the year.
Copy
or download the attached membership
form (Requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
and send to:
U.S.P.C.A.
Melinda Ruopp, National Secretary
1575 Wallace Ave.
Marshalltown, IA 50158
If
you are new you can leave
the District and Region blank we will fill it out for you.
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