Next door in Spokane Washington, one of their "defund the police" city counselors is agitating against the use of police dogs. He says they should not be used because they hurt people. He wants use limited to deadly force situations.

And all this time, I thought the dogs were used to defuse deadly force situations. Bad guys give up before it gets to deadly force because they are afraid of the dogs. A few bad guys get bitten instead of shot dead.

A lot of bad guys give up instead of hiding and shooting at the police.

Statistics for that city are over 2500 dog assisted arrests and fewer than 20 actual bites.

But still, it's not nice to hurt those criminal's feelings. Maybe some trained counselors can reason with them to make them come out and give up their guns. Or, heck, save everyone a lot of trouble and just let them go and get on with their crime spree.

This country has been crazy for a long time.

I agree, don't put the dog in harms way, just shoot the criminal and be done.

Would rather get bit than shot. Also if people would stop trying to evade arrest then the dog would be kept on leash.

Of course when I start hearing about police showing up to a riot in front of someone's home and they arrest the homeowner instead of the rioters, I'm wonder what good they actually serve. Luckily this is in limited areas. Thinking a nationwide castle law doctrine bill may be in order.

"Thinking a nationwide castle law doctrine bill may be in order"

As an outside contractor working for other landlords and as a landlord myself, often I have to POST a 24 Hour notice to enter a rental because the "tenant" is trying not to pay the rent using the "excuse" something is broken and the landlord refusing to fix it. In Los Angeles a landlords can not evict a tenants if there is something broken in the rental. Such as no hot water or a/c is blowing hot air.

Several times when I let myself into a unit, the tenant calls the cops and reports "someone has broken into their unit and they are in fear for their lives"!

The LAPD (Police) show up and are trigger happy. Had they not had a dog that is 10 times smarter than any officer on the force, I would have been shot dead. Instead the police scream, "police, show yourself or we are going to release the dog".

Local drug sniffer/attack police K9 was struck and killed last week crossing the interstate in hot pursuit of a bad guy.

Charges were added something like "Placing police personnel (the dog) in harm's way". (K9s wear a badge like an officer)

BRAD

That City Councilperson must be a cat person.

Continued from previous post above.

This last happened to me after I was the handyman/contractor for an apartment complex and under the radar I purchased the property from the owners and then because the so called "Manager".

Several months up the road a tenant not paying rent and answered the summons that they have no heat, reason for not paying rent. So I posted the 24 hour notice to enter and took a picture of it using my time and date camera.

The tenant called my voice mail and I kept the recording they got my notice but refuse to allow me into the unit. SO when the police and their dog arrested me, I had pictures of the notice, my copy of the notice, a copy of the summons for eviction, and a tape recording of the message the tenant left that they won't let me in.

I also had my Deed, Housing Certificate showing I'm the owner and my property tax bill. The police couldn't decide if they should arrest me or let me go. An owner posting a notice and going to fix a heater, a serious situation. I got let go and filed a complaint on the officers...Nothing happened to my tenant of lieing.

When I was a small child, I was playing with a friend in their front yard. The mom warned us not to go in the back yard, but our ball did, so we did (we were LITTLE!) Their retired Army Dog (German Shephard) was back there and went nuts. Mother tried to bring him inside, lost control and the dog attacked me, knocking me on my face. Everyone agreed that this was lucky as he was going for my throat.

I still have the scars 50 years later (under my hair, thanks goodness.) He tore me UP.

Turned out that he had also bitten other people, including the mailman.

Always been afraid of that breed since then.