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 […]
Arizona Criminal Bites Police Dog Then Sues Cops For Excessive Force
Man commits crime. Police dog chases and bites man. Man bites back then sues cops for excessive force. This is the absurd scenario that occurred when 33-year-old Erin Sullivan from Phoenix, Arizona was caught committing a crime last year. After Zeke, a K-9 police dog chased him down, Sullivan punched the pooch and bit him […]
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. […]
New Jersey Police Dog Honored By Fellow Officers Before He Is Euthanized
His name is Memphis, and he will never be forgotten. On Monday afternoon, 40 people and 11 K-9s gathered at the Red Bank Veterinarian Hospital in Tinton Falls, New Jersey to honor Memphis, a 10-year-old German Shepherd police dog before he was to be euthanized. Kevin Geoghan, a Hazlet, NJ police officer, his wife Maria […]
Police Dog To Return Home After Life Saving Treatment In California
On Tuesday afternoon, Waco, Texas Police Officer Chip Weiser was busy making travel plans to California after his K9 companion Torro was declared healthy enough to come home after six weeks of intensive treatment for leptospirosis, a life-threatening condition. Leptospirosis is an infection caused by bacteria and is rarely seen in dogs, but is extremely […]
Domestic Violence Suspect Tried To Strangle Police Dog
By Elaine Furst For Dog Files This is one police dog that really earned his stripes. When police officers responded to a domestic violence call in Boise, Idaho they were told by witnesses that the suspect had attempted to strangle the victim and that he had left on foot just prior to their arrival. Officers […]
Hunt's On In Ohio For Man Who Stole Deputy's SUV & K-9 Dog
BY MARY BETH LANE For The Columbus Dispatch The State Highway Patrol dispatched its special-response team this morning to help local authorities in southeastern Ohio find a man who stole a deputy sheriff’s SUV last night with his K-9 unit dog inside. The Ford Expedition that was stolen from the deputy in Vinton County has […]
Hundreds On Two Or Four Legs Mourn Fallen New Jersey K-9
BY GEORGE MAST For APP.com GLOUCESTER TWP. — The sound of mournful wails from bagpipes intertwined with the baying of dozens of police dogs filled a park here Thursday. Nearly 1,000 community and law enforcement members gathered at Gloucester Township Community Park as the late K-9 Schultz was memorialized with full police honors. A volley […]
K-9 PTSD? Some Vets Say Dogs Stressed By War, Too
Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter! By Dan Elliott for Alternative Press PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) – Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy […]