"Cops" show last night - Page 2

The officer needs SAXON!

DO RIGHT AND FEAR NO ONE Be glad you were able to call DEA for a narcotics search. Most DEA agencies DO NOT have K9 handlers, we here have to call metro for every search. I am not sure they even have ONE today at any of our offices. Special Agent for DEA

I handled a dual purpose k9 who would do the job when he needed to and was very social otherwise. He would bite a passive suspect when I have seen other dogs that would not. I blame alot of it on training. The officers would only do suit work because their malanois would launch at the decoy and "look pretty" doing it. My german shepherd would not launch--but he was a leg biter(preferred legs) and did the job. We did alot of muzzle work-and more real world situations. He was retired recently because the "higher ups" who don't know a hill a beans about k9s-or dogs for that matter thought he was crazy--and this mainly was because he was sent to bite a suspect that was being chased for an hour and an officer tackled the suspect as the dog was getting to him and bit the officer causing him to have stitches. Now they use the county dogs who have been sent to bite 4 suspects --that I know of and did not bite any of them. But oh well they look "pretty" when they launch in training-ha ha

It's a shame that the liability issue is having such a horrible affect on the use of dogs in law enforcement. I think they are such a valuble tool in the right hands. If some of these police dogs got the training and dedicated handlers that our sport dogs get I believe we'd have much better dogs and more affective K9 teams out there. Yes there are great dogs and handlers out there, I think we've heard from some of you on this thread, but I agree w/ 4pack and others, most don't know jack about handling dogs. My dog was forced into early retirement as well when his dept. lost funding for their K9 unit due to the cost of liability insurance. He's an awesome dog though, and I definitely got lucky to end up with him after his handler/dept. sold him to a breeder. He has so much ability left in him at 6 yrs old, he could go back to working on the street tomorrow, but he is truly enjoying life as a "sport dog" with a loving family and a warm bed to sleep in.

Such a nice ending to that story GSDfan. It's so sad to see the dogs tossed aside or ripped from their handlers, when no longer a use to us. It's nice to hear your story and Saxons ended favorably.

Thanks 4pack, I agree. Check out some new pics I just posted under "newest dog gallery" Andy Maly Vah...Now look at how much fun he's having!

You would be suprised on the liability fears by departments, The International Chief of Police Associations model K-9 policies that they put out says bark and hold only, no bite and hold. They also have such strict guidlines for deploying a K-9 that makes them almost unuseable. Some departments because of liability have a complete no pursuit policy for vehicles eluding the police. So in those juristictions if you commit a crime, just take off in a vehicle, they won't pursue you and you can get away and commit more crimes. It is unbelievable the rights criminals have.

Yes EDD I know someone who works on a force with that same pursuit rule. His main focus is to be a K-9 handler someday and they don't even have dogs. Trying to get his foot in that door by training his own Narc dog, free of charge, owned by him, maintained by him. We shall see. I hope he moves to a diff department myself. They don't back their officers at all and it's a shame.

Edd, The kind of rights that a criminal have makes me want to puke! Yeah, lets give sex offenders | Predators homicide and drug suspects who do not want to be recaptured and puts the surrounding peoples lives at risk rights, more rights than Law enforcements and the victims. Allow them to sue the police department and sheriff office and to successfully let them screw the counties tax payers who works hard to get their money. YEAH that's democracy for you! I hope this video one day be a manual for those who's thinking about committing a crime.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zXlytv01c

Edd, the no-pursuit rules relating to vehicle chases may ultimately benefit criminals, but they were put in place after numerous innocent third-party drivers were killed in high-speed chases. And while I respect the police and their necessary role in society, there are a few cops in my town who continually drive like absolute idiots. I'm talking about blowing around curves in high traffic areas at 70 mph with lights only. The town already ate a $2 million judgment 20 years ago when the EMT driving the fire department ambulance blew a red light at 85 mph and killed someone, so you'd think there would be particular attention paid to the issue here. But nothing is done even after people complain directly to the chief. So I'd be delighted to see a no-pursuit rule implemented here, since some of these guys already endanger the public simply responding to routine dispatches.