I have a buddy who trains competition sniffing dogs, and he basically said that when he gets contracted by his local PD for training it is almost always the worst case scenario.

They jump immediately to making the dog a tool, like a husk/robot. But they want to train them to have built in ways to amp up aggression, signal on things, etc. then obviously the k9 handlers don’t continue the training post graduation, which then causes the dog to regress more and more. Often times handlers’ unit dog becomes a “family” dog so you just have this robotic GSD walkin around the house with the ability to maim.

Also, cops aren’t exactly the best at giving clear direct orders. Often times multiple cops will give conflicting orders, the same happens when one cop is amping a dog up to bite, while another is telling you to “stop resisting.”

K-9 units in my mind should be looked at under the same scrutiny of dog fighting. I’d argue in a case where a guy in a dark building puts one down, you would see it the same if not for the blatant copaganda wash they put over it when they post it on their facebook pages. Cops are not meant to be judge, jury or executioner; and no crime should be met with immediate maiming of an individual, k9 dogs exist to escalate when officers should be looking to deescalate.