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Post by cookie on Feb 20, 2014 15:19:04 GMT 1
Police dogs 'attack 150 bystanders' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25883238I support the police and police dogs but some if these incidents are a shock to me. Is this "collateral damage" acceptable? Should we expect training to be tighter? Is that possible in the heat of pursuit?? Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards
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Post by antares on Feb 20, 2014 16:07:24 GMT 1
It's a bit scary to think you could be in your own garden hanging out the washing and be attacked by a police dog
Maybe tighter controls are required in areas where there are likely to be people going about their daily business, different if it's out in the open
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Post by Pony-Nutt on Feb 21, 2014 10:23:31 GMT 1
When you think that having the dogs means less likelihood of them ending up carrying guns as standard then I personally think the small risk is worth it. Take the dogs off them and they would be beaten and killed more often in the line of duty and issuing guns to all officers would maybe come soon after? Weighing it up if I had to be a victim of the Police, wrong place wrong time, I would choose a dog bite over being shot. The dogs that are sharp enough to arrest an armed nutter who is possibly drugged up is never going to hang back in the heat of the moment. Police officers who are armed make the wrong call occasionally too. Keeping the risks down as much as possible is the best way forward not stopping using them.
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 21, 2014 11:54:41 GMT 1
mixed feelings, can see where PN is coming from but it would be just horrible to be attacked
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Post by KimT on Feb 21, 2014 15:10:40 GMT 1
One or two are shocking but there are a few that are stupidity. Provided I know there is a police chase with a dog going on I would not 'step out from behind a tree'. Talk about spook the dog!
The problem is you dont know the circumstances. I am not stirctly defending them but we dant know why the dogs bit the innocent victims.
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Post by specialized on Feb 21, 2014 20:36:48 GMT 1
It all really needs context before it means anything. 150 over 3 years is significant but not necessarily a huge number - but we would need to know how many total dog chases this represents - it could be many thousands, and as others have said if it stops firearms being used it must be better.
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Post by jennyb on Feb 21, 2014 21:00:40 GMT 1
The press always over dramatise things. I blundered into the middle of a firearms incident by accident in December, and ended up being shepherded behind a Police car to take shelter! The car contained two police dogs, the officer warned me he was about to release one and told me to stand still behind the car, the dog went off in the direction it should have done and helped with the operation. I never felt in any danger whatsoever from the dog. In fact a police dog handler lives a few doors away from us and we walk past the house all the time with our dog without a second thought.
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 25, 2014 11:52:52 GMT 1
yes ive seen a few dog handlers in action and they seem very professional and in tune with eachother
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 25, 2014 11:53:09 GMT 1
with police i mean
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