ACOAM’s 2023 Day of Training

Registration is now OPEN for ACOAM’s 2023 Day of Training: The Forensics of Dog Aggression, instructed by Dr. James Crosby.

This training seminar will be available at two separate locations on Thursday, November 2nd and Friday, November 3rd.

To register for this seminar please use to the QR code in the flyer, or use the following link:

Meet the Instructor:

Dr. Crosby is a Certified Behavior Consultant, a recognized expert in canine behavior, dog bites and attacks, and shelter management and operations. He is a retired Police Lieutenant from Jacksonville, Florida, and former Animal Control Division Manager in Bay County, Florida. He has combined his police experience and his animal specific experience to train Animal Control and Police agencies on animal issues, including dangerous dog cases and criminal cruelty investigations. Dr. Crosby has extensive experience in animal crime investigation and teaches crime scene and other investigative procedures to Law Enforcement and Animal Control agencies. Dr. Crosby has taught the Florida Animal Control Certification curriculum and, as Director for Canine Encounters for the National Law Enforcement Center on Animal Abuse, has developed a nation-wide curriculum for Police and Law Enforcement regarding the proper use of force in canine encounters. He is a regular consultant and expert witness regarding legal cases in local, State, and US Federal Courts. Additionally, Dr. Crosby has extensive experience in animal crime investigation and teaches crime scene and other investigative procedures to Law Enforcement and Animal Control agencies. He has substantial training and experience in the investigation of animal fighting cases and has extensive experience in the evaluation and rehabilitation of former fighting dogs. He has conducted many behavioral evaluations on former fighting dogs, aggressive and dangerous dogs, and those with mild to severe dog-dog reactivity.

If you have any questions regarding this training, please contact our Training Committee at training@acoam.org