KNPV outside Netherlands - Page 1

Is it possible to title in KNPV outside Holland? 

No.

From the KNPV's website, using Google's autotranslate :

Membership of the Royal Dutch Police Dog Association (KNPV) worldwide

On 31 March 2012, the general meeting of the KNPV has decided that in future membership of the KNPV can also be granted to citizens of countries outside the European Union. This was decided on to meet the many requests coming from non-EU countries.  To become a member of the KNPV as a non-EU citizen the following (complementary) conditions have to be met:

• The conditions to be met to become a member of the association are similar to those of other candidate members.
• To apply for membership, an official application form is sent to the office of the KNPV, for the attention of the secretary of the KNPV.
• The membership-fee and admission-fee are similar to those of other candidate members.  In 2012 the membership-fee amounts to € 40. The admission-fee is a once only fee and amounts to € 20.
• All correspondence is sent by email. The candidate member is therefore asked to provide an email address on the application form.
• The annual member card is sent by mail to the address provided by the member.
• The KNPV-magazine De Politiehond will only be send to the member on request. All postage costs have to be paid by the member.
• Members can only participate in exams, examinations, and competitions in the Netherlands.
• To attain membership of one of the provincial branches, the membership of one of the clubs in that province is mandatory.

too bad. Guess they don't want their organization/activity to be practiced more.

Well, I think we have to consider that for them, KNPV is strictly a law-enforcement examination--I believe it is necessary to actually BE in law enforcement in order to join, and in order to participate in the tests.  So in that respect, you're right--they're not interested in having the activity spread beyond their borders, nor do they want to become a parent organization for clubs in other parts of the world the way DVG is for non-breed specific Schutzhund.

That's another thing--they don't hold trials, they hold tests, because they're intent on certifying dogs for law enforcement use.  Granted, it would be no surprise if there are definitely dogs that are put through the tests for no other reason save for getting the certification so they can be sold off as a KNPV dogs, and the dogs probably don't spend a single day working in the field... but if the organization allows it, that's their prerogative. 

I have to admit that there's good reason to respect that KNPV certification, and it's the fact that you still see working/showline cross GSDs being tested and PASSING those tests which causes met to cast a side-eye on the claim that the showlines can't work, that they've lost the ethic and the drive and the civil aggression.  [And I'm not talking about dogs that have showlines four generations back--these are dogs testing recently, currently, within the past few years, with one showline parent and one working line parent.]