Dan Parker

Director of Law Enforcement Operations, Vohne Liche Kennels

 

A retiree from the Terre Haute Police Department, Dan was assigned to the Organized Crime & Narcotics Unit working undercover and specializing in Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. He was the first K-9 Dual Purpose handler/trainer for Terre Haute PD, working 2 DPN and 1 SPE dog while on the street.

 

Dan is a state certified instructor through the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, as well as a certified K-9 instructor/trainer through Vohne Liche Kennels. He has instructed seminars and classes in several states. He also has taught many classes with foreign students at VLK. Dan has certified dogs with AWD, NNDDA, State of Indiana, and the State of Oklahoma.

 

On top of all of this, Dan has judged K-9 competitions throughout the United States and has even traveled to Afghanistan to train Afghan handlers on VLK bomb dogs destined to protect their President Karzai. He has been an instructor for Vohne Liche Kennels since 1996 and began his full-time career in 2005.