Police dog question

[LACamper]

Are police dogs considered officers or is this just typical bad reporting?

Reid eventually lost control just west of the Belle Terre Boulevard exit on Interstate 10 in LaPlace. The car hit three pine trees before crashing near a wooded area. Reid tried to run off, but was bitten by a K-9 officer, McGregor said.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/01/kenner_police_identify_suspect.html

 

[Jmann]

They are

 

[George]

Yes. But police do not call them that. Usually its k9 partner "their dogs name"

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[RedStickChick]

Bad wording. And K9s are considered officers, complete with a badge.

Should have been: "Reid eventually lost control just west of the Belle Terre Boulevard exit on Interstate 10 in LaPlace. The car hit three pine trees before crashing near a wooded area. Reid tried to run off, but was bitten by a K-9 [NAME], McGregor said."

Otherwise it sounds like the handler would be the biter. And I doubt the K9 guys I know would do that.

 

[oppsImissed]

Yes, MY German Shepard is a Retired Nashville Metro k9 Cop. She even has retirement and pension papers somewhere around here

 

[olivs260]

Bad wording. And K9s are considered officers, complete with a badge.

Should have been: "Reid eventually lost control just west of the Belle Terre Boulevard exit on Interstate 10 in LaPlace. The car hit three pine trees before crashing near a wooded area. Reid tried to run off, but was bitten by a K-9 [NAME], McGregor said."

Otherwise it sounds like the handler would be the biter. And I doubt the K9 guys I know would do that.

That's what I thought too. Sounds like they're saying the dog's handler, or partner, or whatever the terminology is. I guess this is a good place to use this