Should police dogs be considered as officers?

26 Apr 2012 03:20p.m.

b l wrote:

OK, a police dog is a 100% police officer . Are police officers allowed to beat people to the ground, to attack relentlessly. I dont think so. So what gives that particular hairy officer the right to attack and cause bodily harm to an unarmed individual . I believe that if they want to consider a damn dog a cop, then the victim of any attack by that hairy officer should be treated as a case of police brutality, along with the handler who released the hairy officer to do his dirty work. Brutality by one officer is no different than the brutality of another , Attention lawyers! If a dog is a police officer, he is abusing his authority. And if that is too hard for you to understand, consider the handler who basically shot someone by way of dog

19 Aug 2011 10:54p.m.

Matt wrote:

No, absolutely not. Police dogs should not be treated as officers. This is one of the many hypocrisies that exists in the police vs. citizen relationship. Our dogs are considered property. It doesn't matter how intelligent they are, how much we love them, how much we've trained them or if we feel they are a part of our family: the law treats them like property and won't hesitate to kill our animals if they feel threatened. Therefore, police dogs should be considered property as well. The most a criminal should be charged with for killing a police dog is destruction of property. Flawed logic really drives this idea that dogs should be considered officers. Let's think about it for a second. There are dogs that are medically trained to help handicap people and sniff out cancer. Does that make them doctors? Nope! The law either needs to recognize our dogs as citizens along with dog officers or they need to recognize all dogs as property...

12 May 2011 11:03p.m.

Morton wrote:

The Dog IS A SERVING OFFICER, end of story

04 Aug 2010 09:56p.m.

Anon wrote:

Just because a dog has been trained to carry out actions in the pursuit of justice does not mean that it should inherit the human attributes attached to humans in the same position. A dog is a dog, regardless if its position, whether it be a household pet, a seeing dog or in this case, a police dog. And it is just that, a dog. No special punishment should be given to someone who kills a police dog, because its purpose, so to speak, is to be used in a situation where otherwise a human could be injured. Logically, the punishment for killing a police dog should be substantially LESS than killing a dog of another profession, purely because police officers willingly put them in situations where they can be harmed.

04 Aug 2010 09:56p.m.

Anon wrote:

Just because a dog has been trained to carry out actions in the pursuit of justice does not mean that it should inherit the human attributes attached to humans in the same position. A dog is a dog, regardless if its position, whether it be a household pet, a seeing dog or in this case, a police dog. And it is just that, a dog. No special punishment should be given to someone who kills a police dog, because its purpose, so to speak, is to be used in a situation where otherwise a human could be injured. Logically, the punishment for killing a police dog should be substantially LESS than killing a dog of another profession, purely because police officers willingly put them in situations where they can be harmed.

21 Jul 2010 12:12p.m.

Pat wrote:

Yes, absolutely

20 Jul 2010 09:49p.m.

Danielle wrote:

Should police dogs be considerd as officers? to be honest no an officer as i understand it recieves weekly/monthly pay, sick pay, pension the officers have to pay tax.
i understand that the police dogs help catch criminals but the law cannot go both ways the police dog either is or isnt an officer under the law if they are then the need to be payed and start paying taxes so that criminals can be convicted for killing a police officer or leave things as they are you cannot have it both ways as much as you would like to

19 Jul 2010 03:50p.m.

Jan wrote:

Killing a police dog in his line of duty is the same as killing a police officer and should carry the same penalty - murder. What a tragic end to a devoted and loyal dog. RIP Gage

19 Jul 2010 08:42a.m.

Adrian wrote:

No, because by nature dogs in general and even police dogs continue to perform what us humans consider immoral acts i.e defecating in public, procreating in public the list goes on. If one was to consider applying human status to dogs it would disadvantage the dogs natural instinct to be the creature it was designed to be. Additionally other animals like dolphins for instance who we acknowledge as being highly advance would also need to be considered should society pursue this train of thought. A peaceful coexistence with all creature of the earth/universe would be the balanced approach. Let’s not upset natures balance and continue to admire diversity in it true form.

19 Jul 2010 08:00a.m.

brenda meyer wrote:

yes of course they are police officers... do they not work for the police dept.. do they not go out in public & help arrest criminals.. of cousre they do, so that makes them police officers.
Unlike what JJ above says.. they are most certainly worth more than alot of people out there. so I suggest JJ..you get real