Matt Champlin is canine handler and sergeant with the Gallipolis Police Department in Gallia County, Ohio and has been teamed with his current canine, Virago, since March of 2001. Sgt. Champlin has been employed with the Gallipolis Police Department since September of 1999.

Sgt. Champlin is an accomplished canine handler with numerous seizures and apprehensions recorded with PSD Virago. Sgt. Champlin and PSD Virago have historically certified with the United States Police Canine Association (U.S.P.C.A.), North American Police Working Dog Association (N.A.P.W.D.A.) and the State of Ohio . In 2003 Sgt. Champlin and PSD Virago competed at the national level in Egg Harbor Township New Jersey in the U.S.P.C.A. Nationals.

Sgt. Champlin has been an instructor with Pine Grove Kennels since its inception.

Steven Heater, Master instructor at Pine Grove Kennel, has been a Deputy Sheriff in Ohio since 1989 and retired from the Athens County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office as a sergeant. He has been a K-9 handler since 1995 and obtained his trainer certification course from Lynnwood Kennels in 1999.

Sargeant Heater is a K-9 evaluator for the State of Ohio and the police dog trainer for numerous departments in the state of Ohio and West Virginia. He has instructed several workshops around the Ohio Valley. In addition, he is a Reserve Deputy K-9 handler with the GAllia County Sheriff's Office.

Steven provides K-9 maintenance training for following law enforcement agencies:

• Ohio
  • Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Marietta Police Department
  • Belpre Police Department
  • Hocking County Sheriff's Office
  • Athens County Sheriff's Office
  • Gallipolis Police Department
  • Gallia County Sheriff's Office
  • Zanesville Police Department
  • Ohio State Patrol
• West Virginia
  • Parkersburg Police Department
  • Wood County Sheriff's Office
  • Ravenswood Police Department
  • Jackson County Sheriff's Office

He has obtained K-9 certifications through OPOTA, NAPWDA, and WV Canine Association

Josh has been a K-9 instructor since 2007, is a firearms instructor through OPOTA, a member of the Washington County Sherrif's Office Special Response Team (SRT) and a member of the Washington County Sherrif's Office Drug Interdiction Criminal Enforcment (DICE) team.