Tag: Police Dog
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10th Circuit upholds immunity for Lafayette officers who used dog to bite unarmed man
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Lafayette police officers who deployed a dog to bite an unarmed, allegedly unconscious man for 15-20 seconds cannot be held liable for excessive force, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last week. Adrian Martinez was lying in the fetal position in a locked storage closet when police broke the door and immediately told…
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Man accused of killing beloved veteran police dog near Golden, faces 13 charges
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A veteran Jefferson County Sheriff’s K-9 named Graffit received a hero’s funeral Monday, hours after he was allegedly shot and killed by a fleeing suspect. The 9-year-old German shepherd had tracked a fugitive from town into the woods near Golden just after midnight Monday when his handler unleashed him to apprehend the suspect, according to…