Learn from nationally recognized K9 expertise

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

August 25, 2026
Ted Daus
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Ted Daus, Owner, HITS T&C

About
Ted Daus

Ted Daus is a longtime prosecutor and national lecturer on canine law and search-and-seizure, with decades of courtroom experience handling drug-trafficking cases.

He has served as counsel of record in U.S. Supreme Court K-9 cases and regularly teaches handlers and agencies what courts require from modern canine deployment and testimony.

His instruction focuses on one outcome:

K-9 work that holds up in court.

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Featured session at HITS 2026

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Aug 25th, 2026
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8:00 am
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10:00 am

Drug Canine Legal Update

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Nationally recognized for prosecuting drug trafficking cases, Ted Daus tells it like it is — a direct opportunity for K-9 handlers to learn what prosecutors need on the stand when presenting drug cases to a jury.

A prosecutor's candid take on what holds up in court—from alerts and deployment choices to testimony and records—when drug-detection work is challenged.
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Other classes

1:30 pm
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3:30 pm

Drug Canine Legal Update

Aug 27th, 2026
Ted Daus
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Learn from
Ted Daus
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.

Nicholas Bonney

Instructor
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Ace Interdiction Tactics
Nebraska State Patrol interdiction specialist teaching consensual encounter tactics and reasonable suspicion development.
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Gabriele Mangold

Program Analyst
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DEA
Gabi Mangold is a Program Analyst with four years of experience at the DEA and in the Caine Program, specializing in program management, compliance, and cross-agency coordination.
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Brad Gillespie

President
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Canadian Police Canine Association
Senior trainer and president of the Canadian Police Canine Association, specializing in operations-based K9 team development.
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