Three Braintree Police Dogs Out of Service Following 'Vicious Attack' on Officer
Three of the police department's canines have been involved in attacks recently, against officers and a handler's son.
One of the Braintree Police Department's K9's attacked an officer in April, sending her to the hospital for surgery. Kristine Lydon, who was bitten during a call to a local apartment complex, faces a "long, arduous and challenging" recovery, according to Police Chief Paul Frazier. It was the third recent incident of aggressive behavior among Braintree's police canines, and so Frazier announced in a press release on Wednesday that he had ended the deployment of three of the department's patrol dogs as of Monday, but left K9 Lucky to continue serving as a drug detector. "There is a certain risk when deploying K9's, not only to our officers but to our citizens as well," Frazier said. "The inherent danger associated with their deployment far …
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Local Girl
1:37 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
The officer left his window open and the dog got out, he didn't not issue a recall command. When the other fog attacked his handler's son, the handler was not home, the police in the town where he resides had to kill the dog. There does need to be an investigation into whether it's the dogs themselves the are the problem or of it is improper training for the dogs and/ or their handlers. more ›