K-9s in question: Bay Area police dogs bite with little consequence - KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
K-9s in question: Bay Area police dogs bite with little consequence Police dog bites can cause severe injuries but there has never been any legislation proposed or passed in California to regulate K-9s. In the Bay Area, San Jose police lead the pack with the most number of dog bites. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Joel Alejo was taking a nap in the backyard of his family's Mountain View home when he was startled awake by a German shepherd's teeth piercing his right leg. The attack, he said, seemed to go on forever. "Dersh! Dersh! Dersh! Deeerrrsh!" the dog's Palo Alto police handler cried, compelling the animal in its native Czech to bite again and again. "I'm still shaking to this day," Alejo told KTVU in a recent interview, as he remembered the June 2020 attack that left him physically and emotionally scarred. The episode turned out to be a grievous error by law enforcement who were searching...