Canine Unit Supervision and Management

Gary Aulis retired from the Fontana Police Department (Southern California) in 2017 and has more than 30 years of law enforcement canine experience. He received his B.A. in Administration of Criminal Justice and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Class 246. Gary’s philosophy uses his knowledge, training, and experience to provide supervisors with the tools to run an effective unit for their agency, as well as to train and develop handler proficiency, leadership and decision making. During his law enforcement career, he spent 3 years as a K9 handler, 7 years as a K9 Sergeant and 10 years as a K9 Lieutenant. During his 17 years as a manager and supervisor, Gary was responsible for every aspect of the K9 program, including budgeting, writing policy, overseeing all aspects of training, handler selection, dog selection, conducting demonstrations, speaking about the program in the media and working with a non-profit organization that supports the agency’s K9 program. Under his leadership, the K9 program doubled in size, from 3 to 6 K9 teams in 8 years, and he helped the non-profit grow by organizing an annual golf tournament that has raised nearly $500,000 during his involvement. Using those proceeds, Gary supervised the development of a world class K9 training center that opened in 2012. He was selected as a subject matter expert for California POST for the 2011 committee to update K9 Guidelines, as well as the recently convened 2024 committee to establish statewide K9 standards. Gary is also a certifying official for POST and the International Police Canine Association (formerly CNCA).

Gary started with Scenturion K9 Consulting, in Southern California, in 2013, took over the company in 2018 and continues to use his supervisory and management skills to benefit his clients. As the head trainer, he trains K9 teams in patrol, detection and tracking, as well as providing policy and deployment reviews, and guidance to supervisors and managers. In addition to Law Enforcement training, Gary has trained, organized and supervised private sector dogs and handlers that have worked many high-profile events, such as MLB, NBA, NFL, NASCAR, NCAA sporting events, the Rose Parade, Hollywood premiers and awards shows, music festivals such as Coachella, Stagecoach and PowerTrip, and Google corporate events.