Greensburg Bloodhound Team Commander Lou Battistella, along with Team Captain Bud Mertz and Lieutenant David Klingler, accompanied the Greensburg Fire Departmentâs Public Safety Resource once again for the 49th year to the National Police Bloodhound Associationâs (NPBA) 40-Hour Spring Training and Certification Seminar.
The NPBA, founded by the Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut State Police in 1962, provides training, instruction and evaluation, offering certification to law enforcement Bloodhound teams throughout the United States. The Greensburg Bloodhound Team was founded by the late Greensburg Fire Chief, J. Edward Hutchinson in 1969, and has been providing a qualified Search and Rescue Bloodhound Resource to law enforcement and public safety agencies throughout Western Pennsylvania, and the tri-state region for more than 50 years utilizing the standards and training provided by the NPBA. The NPBA has become the most renowned and respected authorit