Learn from nationally recognized K9 expertise

Instruction shaped by real-world K9 deployment, operational decision-making, and courtroom accountability.

August 26, 2026
Stu Phillips
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Stu Phillips, Instructor, Stu Phillips K9

About
Stu Phillips

Stu Phillips is a detection dog operator and instructor focused on operational detection performance.

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Featured session at HITS 2026

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Aug 26th, 2026
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1:30 pm
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3:30 pm

Operational Detection: Closing the Gap Between Training Success and Street Reality

Details

Detection dogs often perform well in structured training environments but struggle during real deployments where conditions are complex, unpredictable, and imperfect.

Close the gap between training success and street reality—building independent dogs and using negative and blind searches for credible, defensible detection.
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Other classes

8:00 am
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10:00 am

Operational Detection: Closing the Gap Between Training Success and Street Reality

Aug 27th, 2026
Stu Phillips
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Learn from
Stu Phillips
at
HITS K9

Join national-scale K9 education designed to strengthen deployment judgment, legal defensibility, and long-term operational performance.

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See who else is teaching at HITS

HITS brings together prosecutors, scientists, federal advisors, and operational trainers whose instruction reflects real-world deployment and courtroom scrutiny.

Fred Helfers

Owner
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Fred Helfers Consulting
Retired detective and detection dog trainer specializing in double-blind certification exercises for narcotics, explosives, and accelerant detection teams.
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Shay Maimoni

Founder
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Israeli Special Tactics K9
Founder and lead trainer at Israeli Special Tactics K9, specializing in muzzle fighting, drive engineering, and counter-terrorism K9 development.
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Dr. Kenneth Furton

Executive Director
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Global Forensic and Justice Center
Provost Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor; Executive Director of the Global Forensic and Justice Center and a world-leading scholar in detection-dog science.
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