HJR211 - Commendation for Paul Hammond

• Commends Paul Hammond for his meritorious service in the canine services industry.

• Recognizes Hammond's 25+ years of operational working dog experience, including 8 years directing canine programs for the Department of State and Department of Defense in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 15 years with the British Army Dog Unit in Northern Ireland.

• Acknowledges Hammond's role as Vice President of Canine Services for AMK9-iK9, LLC in Anniston, Alabama, which has trained over 400 canine and handler teams deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

• Highlights AMK9-iK9's strategic partnership with Auburn University's Canine Detection Research Institute and its training of Alabama's first courthouse dog in 2013.

• Notes Hammond's work launching K9Employment.com, the largest working dog handler database in the world, and his service as a Canine Program Consultant for the Aegis Group.