Police Dog Offers Solemn Farewell To Fallen Partner
K-9 police officer, Jason Ellis, 33, was laid to rest Thursday, on the seventh anniversary of taking the oath as a Bardstown, Kentucky officer. The service drew hundreds of law enforcement officers from surrounding states including over 60 K-9 teams with their police dogs.
Police Dog Back On Duty After Two-Story Fall
Jaris, a 6½-year-old Belgian Malinois police dog was thrown out of a second-story window during an altercation with a suspect in early April. Now, just a few weeks later, Jaris is back on duty to help search for explosives.
Eno The Police Dog Tracks Down Bad Guy
WALDORF, MARYLAND – Eno is a three-year-old German shepherd, half of a Charles County sheriff’s Dept. K-9 unit with his human partner, Pfc. Claude Clevenger. On Nov. 19, the pair assisted in successfully tracking a man suspected of breaking into a Waldorf, Md. home, stealing electronics and jewelry valued at $950, as reported in washingtonpost.com. […]
Vancouver Police Defend Police Dog Attack
Vancouver Police took the unusual step of presenting their side of a June 2011 incident in which a police dog mauled a skateboarder who has subsequently filed a lawsuit against them. Deputy Chief Adam Palmer played a graphic video of skateboarder Chris Evans smashing a Coast Mountain bus repeatedly with his skateboard, screaming profanities and […]
Frosty The Snowman Arrested For Assaulting Police Dog
MARYLAND – A man in a “Frosty the Snowman” costume was led away in handcuffs Saturday morning during the town’s annual Christmas parade, charged with assault and disorderly conduct. Police identified the man as Kevin Michael Walsh, 52, of Chestertown. Walsh was charged with assaulting two police officers and a police dog, according to Sgt. […]
Stabbed Connecticut Police Dog To Return to Duty
It seems there will be no summer off for Czar, the Norwalk, Connecticut police dog stabbed through the tongue Saturday while defending his handler, Officer Frank Reda. Czar helped subdue an attacker who charged at Reda while holding two knives Sgt. Andre Velez, who is in contact with Reda, had expressed concern Monday that the […]
Killing A New Jersey Police Dog Will Result In More Penalties Under New Bill
Legislation sponsored by Senators Fred Madden (D-Gloucester/Camden, New Jersey) and Donald Norcross (D-Camden/Gloucester, New Jersey ) that would enhance the penalties for intentionally killing an on-duty police or search and rescue dog was passed by the full Assembly. The measure was drafted in response to the November 30, 2010 killing of Schultz, a 3 1/2 […]
Ohio Attorney Says Barking At Police Dog Is Free Speech
If Timber could talk, he would say this case is just “ri-dog-ulous”. Mason, Ohio Municipal Court will be the stage for a Constitutional challenge on whether barking at a police dog violates laws against taunting service animals or is protected free speech. Mason, Ohio police cited Ryan Stephens, 25, of Mason, Ohio earlier this month […]
Hero Police Dog, Kane Brutally Slain In Washington State
He was killed in the line of duty and died as the hero he already was. Kane, a black Dutch Shepherd police dog from Clark County, Washington, was chasing Keegan Graves shortly after midnight on Saturday in Vancouver, Washington, after he and a female pal tried to ram a police vehicle in a stolen car. […]