Police Dogs and the Number of bites...
Dog bites reflect social change 25/06/2006
The Police Association says the number of people being bitten by police dogs reflects the number of violent incidents police are attending. About 600 people are receiving bites from police dogs each year.
Information obtained by our newsroom under the Official Information Act shows more than 600 people have suffered bites during arrests in the past year. Figures from July through to April show police dogs were called to more than 26,000 incidents, in which more than 3,000 people were apprehended. Of those people, 603 were treated after being bitten by dogs.
That number is way too high. A good dog handler knows the rules. I've seen the way police dogs are MIS-handled, and I wonder how they actually train their handlers to train their dogs. It's a bloody disgrace to see a handler jerk the lead of a police dog so high that the dog is wanting for air because his feet aren't touching the ground!
The previous year 651 people were bitten and in the 2002-2003 year nearly 700 people were treated for dog bite injuries. Police say there are strict rules for the use of police dogs and each handler must be satisfied the use of force is justified and unless not practical to do so, they must call on the offender to desist. Hey?! They say in every incident where someone is bitten a report must be submitted, and treatment must be provided.
Mr O'Connor says each of the dog bites is investigated. He says since the advent of 'P' there has been a lot more violence, and police dogs and their handlers are just doing what needs to be done to apprehend offenders. Don't blame P (meths for those who live overseas... ), and don't make excuses. Meths is a diet pill and when I took diets pills (legally) in Canada as a teenagers, all they did was give me energy. I don't beleive a word the cops say about P ! And besides if it weren't for the profit people make from the drug, they wouldn't be making it. So take the profit out of drugs! Guess how...?
The Greens are even more concerned about the introduction of taser stun guns, after the release of figures for police dog bites. Green MP Keith Locke says he is concerned at the frequency with which pepper spray and dogs are being used by police, and sees nothing to suggest tasers would be any different. Be very concerned! To be a cop in New Zealand, one only needs to finish high school. No life experience necessary. So who do they recruit? Young punks who were the bullies in schools. Now they have the law on their side!
The National Party has no problem with the numbers of people being bitten so long as the bites are justified. And the vicious circle begins! The Party's Law and Order spokesman Simon Power says it was a higher number than he expected. Mr Power says the government needs to be in a position to assure the public that each of the incidents involving dogs was warranted and the dogs have not been used recklessly.
Police Minister Annette King has declined to comment on the figures.
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The Police Association says the number of people being bitten by police dogs reflects the number of violent incidents police are attending. About 600 people are receiving bites from police dogs each year.
Information obtained by our newsroom under the Official Information Act shows more than 600 people have suffered bites during arrests in the past year. Figures from July through to April show police dogs were called to more than 26,000 incidents, in which more than 3,000 people were apprehended. Of those people, 603 were treated after being bitten by dogs.
That number is way too high. A good dog handler knows the rules. I've seen the way police dogs are MIS-handled, and I wonder how they actually train their handlers to train their dogs. It's a bloody disgrace to see a handler jerk the lead of a police dog so high that the dog is wanting for air because his feet aren't touching the ground!
The previous year 651 people were bitten and in the 2002-2003 year nearly 700 people were treated for dog bite injuries. Police say there are strict rules for the use of police dogs and each handler must be satisfied the use of force is justified and unless not practical to do so, they must call on the offender to desist. Hey?! They say in every incident where someone is bitten a report must be submitted, and treatment must be provided.
Mr O'Connor says each of the dog bites is investigated. He says since the advent of 'P' there has been a lot more violence, and police dogs and their handlers are just doing what needs to be done to apprehend offenders. Don't blame P (meths for those who live overseas... ), and don't make excuses. Meths is a diet pill and when I took diets pills (legally) in Canada as a teenagers, all they did was give me energy. I don't beleive a word the cops say about P ! And besides if it weren't for the profit people make from the drug, they wouldn't be making it. So take the profit out of drugs! Guess how...?
The Greens are even more concerned about the introduction of taser stun guns, after the release of figures for police dog bites. Green MP Keith Locke says he is concerned at the frequency with which pepper spray and dogs are being used by police, and sees nothing to suggest tasers would be any different. Be very concerned! To be a cop in New Zealand, one only needs to finish high school. No life experience necessary. So who do they recruit? Young punks who were the bullies in schools. Now they have the law on their side!
The National Party has no problem with the numbers of people being bitten so long as the bites are justified. And the vicious circle begins! The Party's Law and Order spokesman Simon Power says it was a higher number than he expected. Mr Power says the government needs to be in a position to assure the public that each of the incidents involving dogs was warranted and the dogs have not been used recklessly.
Police Minister Annette King has declined to comment on the figures.
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