Al Gill Bio
Master Trainer: Al Gill’s Bio –
- 1985- Basic K-9 School 400+ hrs Allen County Sheriff’s Office, Lima, Ohio
- 1985-2000K-9 Handler Trainer for Wapakoneta Police Department
- 2000-2002 K-9 Handler Trainer- Allen County Sheriff’s Office
Presently- retired from active law enforcement as of December 31, 2002 due to severe back injury. Al served as a First responder to 9/11 at the World Trade Center with K-9 Charly. Al now suffers from many side effects from exposure to a vast list of chemicals and hazards that were present at the World Trade Center Site.
Advanced Training
- 1993- Detroit Police Department- Cadaver/ Patrol/ Detection work-40hrs
- 1997- Germany- Hundeschule Wolf Police K-9 Training School
- 1998- Germany- Seminar with Ekard Lind- motivation training
- 2000- Germany- Seminar with Godfried Dildi- motivation training
- 2000- Advanced Tactical School- Alpena Michigan- 32hr
- 2001- Explosives K-9 School- Allen County Indiana Sheriff’s Office- 160hr
- 2001-2003 Explosives Instructors for Advanced Tactical School- Alpena Michigan (32hr each year)
- 2003/04 K-9 Narcotics Interdiction and K-9 Court testimony schools, Lima Ohio & Uniopolis, Ohio
- 2004- National Training Seminar- Bedford In. – Instructor
- 2005- National Training Seminar- Bedford, In- Instructor
- 2006- National Training Seminar- Providence RI.- Instructor
- 2006- National Explosives Training Seminar- Boston, MA
- 2006- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, Mi- Instructor
- 2007- IPWDA National Explosives Training Seminar- Providence, RI- Instructor
- 2007- APCA National Training Seminar- Bedford, IN. Instructor
- 2007- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI. Instructor- Accreditation Chairman for all Trainers/Master Trainers
- 2008- APCA National Training Seminar- Ft. Wayne, IN. Instructor, Chairman of Training Education
- 2008- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI. Instructor Explosives, Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers/ Master Trainers
- 2009 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers/Master Trainers
- 2009 APCA National Training Seminar-Bedford, IN- Instructor
- 2010 APCA National Training Seminar- Owensboro, KY- Instructor, Accreditation Board
- 2010 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor, Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2011 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor, Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2012 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor, Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2013 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor, Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2013 Bluegrass National Narcotics Training Seminar- Certification Official, Mt Sterling, Ky
- 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award for 29 Years of Canine Service and Training presented by NAPCH National Board and Membership
- 2014 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor, Chairman of Accreditation for all Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2014 Bluegrass National Narcotics Training Seminar- Certification Official, Mt Sterling, Ky
- 2014 APCA Achievement Award- Master Trainer Service-
- 2015 NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Training venue director, Chairman Accreditation for all Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2015 Bluegrass National Narcotics Seminar- Mt. Sterling, KY Certification Official
- 2016- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor- Chairman of Accreditation of Trainers and Master Trainers and served on Executive Board. Organize and plan training venues for 300 teams
- 2016 Bluegrass National Narcotics Seminar- Mt. Sterling, KY Certification Official
- 2017 Bluegrass National Narcotics Seminar- Mt. Sterling, KY Certification Official
- 2017- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor- Chairman of Accreditation of Trainers and Master Trainers and served on Executive Board. Organize and plan training venues for 330 teams
- 2017- APCA National Training Seminar- Vincinnes, IN- Instructor- Served on Accreditation Board for Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2018- National Sheriff’s Association Board of Governors/ Certification Board of the Global Society of Homeland and National Security Professionals- Board Meeting Washington DC
- 2018- National Sheriff’s Association Board of Governors/ Certification Board of the Global Society of Homeland and National Security Professionals- New Orleans National Conference- Guest Speaker in Training Seminar and Executive Board Meeting
- 2018- APCA National Training Seminar-Bloomington, IN- Instructor- Served on Accreditation Board for Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2018- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor- Chairman of Accreditation of Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2019- NAPCH National Training Seminar- Alpena, MI- Instructor- Chairman of Accreditation of Trainers and Master Trainers
- 2020 NAPCH Ohio Decoy/ Legal Update Seminar- host and lead instructor
OTHER K-9 ACTIVITIES/ ASSIGNMENTS/ AND FUNCTIONS
- Obtained National Training Area Accreditation for Wapakoneta Police K-9
- Training Facility- NAPWDA
- OPOTA- K-9 Evaluator School- general duty
- Explosives detection assignments for US Secret Service- 3 different times.
- Trained with DOD and for DOD dogs for the DOD at Lackland AFB
- Trained/or partially trained hundreds of dogs
- Judge- for the World Police K-9 Olympics, Dallas Texas
- Judge- 2 different times for Ohio Police K-9 Olympics Training
- Accreditation Trustee for OLEKA-(Explosives training 2004)
- Competed in USPCA- Regional and Nationals- 2001 and 2002
- Awarded Medal of Honor by Sons of the American Revolution-2002
- Award of Service by“Gov Bob Taft for work during 9/11 -2002
- Awarded Law Enforcement Commendation Award in Ohio
- Awarded Life Time Achievement Award for K-9 by NAPCH 2013
- 2018 Master Trainer Al Gill appointed to the National Sheriff’s Association Board of Governors/ Certification Board of the Global Society of Homeland and National Security Professionals in Washington DC
Worked at Ground Zero during 9/11 with search dog/s
- Competed in Schutzhund USA
- Master Trainer- Patrol/Narcotics/Explosives/ Cadaver/ Accelerants
- 2004-OLEKA Explosives and Tactical Training Seminar
- July 2004- Toledo- Instructor
- NAPCH- Master Trainer- Patrol/Narcotics/Explosives/Cadaver-2006
- IA- Executive Board By- Laws Committee-2006-2008
- NAPCH- Executive Board Accreditation Chairman -2006- present
- APCA- Executive Board Chairman of Training Education- 2008 to“present
- APCA- Master Trainer- Patrol/Explosives/Narcotics, School Resource Officers, and Cadaver
- North American Police Work Dog Association
- United States Police Canine Association
- National Assoc of Professional Canine Handlers
- American Police Canine Association
- SV- Augsburg Germany
- United Schutzhund Clubs of America
- Northwest Ohio Police K-9
- OLEKA
Other Info
Over my career with Wapakoneta Police Department, Allen County Sheriff’s Office and private business. I have trained and worked with all types of dogs. These range from Patrol, narcotics/explosives/cadaver& SAR.
My personal dogs were:
- K-9 Buster- Patrol only 1985-1992
- K-9 Cay- Patrol/ Narcotics-1992-1999
- K-9 Roxy- Narcotics Only -1998-1999
- K-9 Charlie- Patrol/Explosives – 2000-retirement (Deceased fall 06)
- K-9 Aron- Patrol/Explosives- 2008 thru present- Demonstrations and agency assists Personal
- K-9 Banchey- in training 2018 Patrol/ Explosives
Information:
Al is 60 yrs olds, married for 41 yrs. (wife Susan) he has two grown children, Four grandsons and Three granddaughters . Al & Susan own and operate Von der haus Gill Kennel/ Von der haus Gill German Shepherds Inc. along with their son Matt and his wife Amy. Al is retired Deputy Sheriff from Allen County Sheriff’s Office, Lima, and a former Lieutenant/Acting Chief Wapakoneta Police Department
E-mail: kenneloffice@watchtv.net or aegsky1978@gmail.com