That’s why Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson, D-Perris, has introduced Assembly Bill 742 that would bar law enforcement agencies from using police dogs to control crowds or apprehend suspects.

AB 742 would prohibit police from using dogs to apprehend a suspect or for crowd control. Police dogs would not be allowed to bite people under any circumstances, according to the bill text.

Proposed bill calls use of K-9 units into question for arrests, crowd control 00:50. A state lawmaker from Perris has introduced a bill to ban the use of police dogs in certain situations claiming ...

A few weeks ago, two California lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban the use of police dogs to arrest or apprehend suspects — or as a form of crowd control. The California Department of Justice ...

But an officer “allowed his police K9 to enter the house without permission or warning,” and then bit a man sitting at his computer. Dogs aren’t racist, as Smith concluded, but they can ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new effort is underway to ban police from using police dogs to arrest or apprehend suspects. If passed, it would also ban police from using them for crowd control.

Police dogs are treated like any other dogs in some ways ... It added that Merseyside Police dogs were “hit by bricks thrown by the unruly crowd” in Southport, and said, ...

Officer William Byrd, left, commands his police dog during a training exercise in Mobile, Alabama, on Sept. 24, 2020. Officer Justin Washam wears a protective sleeve for a bite demonstration.

Police departments around the country are upgrading their K-9 arsenal with dogs that are meant to be pet, and many are trained in Columbus. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office became the first ...