79 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 18, § 005
A document issued to the police service dog handler by the Council attesting that the law enforcement officer who is the handler and his or her dog have met mandated certification standards as approved by the Council. Certification shall be effective for one year and must be renewed annually before the end of that calendar year.
A PSD Handler is a full-time certified law enforcement officer who handles, maintains and is responsible for the deployment of a police service dog that is part of a PSD team.
A PSD Team shall consist of one dog and one law enforcement officer who is assigned as a PSD Handler for that dog. The team shall be actively serving in a law enforcement agency as defined by law.
A PSD Evaluator is a full-time certified law enforcement officer who is a police service dog handler and has his or her employing agency's consent to serve as an evaluator. A PSD Evaluator must successfully complete Council-approved training and required update training that qualifies him or her to conduct evaluations of PSD Teams for certification purposes. A PSD Evaluator may serve as an evaluator only in the area of expertise as a handler. A PSD Evaluator must perform a minimum of one PSD Team evaluation per year. A PSD Evaluator must pass periodic audits by the PSD Judge in order to maintain evaluator status.
A PSD Judge is a full-time certified law enforcement officer who conducts PSD Evaluator training, conducts periodic audits of PSD Evaluator performance and recommends to the Council those PSD Evaluators who should continue to possess PSD Evaluator credentials. The PSD Judge must meet Council-approved requirements.
79 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 18, § 005