John and Jason both still continue their tracking and navigation training never knowing when another call for help may be received.  Both stay very much involved in this field of service yet to this day.  The team is now much more modern than before with the addition of new electronic devices and more.  The team continues to be recognized by international K9 groups for their professionalism, dedication, knowledge, and abilities.

To maintain a state of readiness one must train on a regular basis, which means some type of training every day, not just once a week. The K9 Task Force received numerous calls weekly that come at any hour of the day or night and in any type of weather. Training is carried out just as if the team was deploying. In the pouring rain, hot summer days, through the swamps of the south or the snow of the north, climbing through caves and tunnels to working through collapsed buildings, you will find the K9 Task Force preparing for the next mission. Our handlers and dogs alike are put through regular performance evaluations to include physical agility testing. The training for the handlers does not just end with working the dogs daily, but includes Morganhitting the books, researching new information, and attending classes to ever increase the handler’s knowledge. Our handlers are required to have more than 45 separate certifications that range anywhere from firefighting, various levels of rescue, medic, hazmat, terrorism, explosive detection, rappelling, weapons training, survival, and defense. We also attend other classes to increase our understanding of actions for those lost and missing persons or those fleeing the law, remember that 90% of the team's request were in support of Law Enforcement activities.