Independent Investigations Office of B.C. said deployment of police service dog under the circumstances of the arrest on Jan. 29 was “within the reasonable range of force options available.”
A Victoria Police Department dog handler has been cleared of wrongdoing after a robbery suspect was bitten by a police dog and required 32 sutures.
The officers, who were not subjects of the IIO investigation, located the suspect a block away still carrying the baton.A struggle ensued as the officers attempted to make an arrest and a third officer arrived and released a police dog, which bit the man on the head and upper leg. The suspect said he blacked out and woke up in an ambulance.
“In those circumstances, deployment of the [police service dog] to bite, while at the upper end of the range, was within the reasonable range of force options available.”
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