LOS ANGELES : Police Commission Will Alter Report on K9 Unit
The Los Angeles Police Commission has scheduled a special meeting on Friday to amend a report on the Police Department’s controversial K9 unit. The commission is expected to discuss the way the search dogs are trained in the 17-member unit, and to add language to its report that encourages a “find and bark method” over the “find and bite” style traditionally used in the department.
The 46-page report, which includes nine recommendations, was adopted Tuesday at the commission’s regular meeting. It is the result of a commission subcommittee’s eight-month review prompted by allegations that LAPD dogs have mauled hundreds of people who posed no threat to police, with most of the victims being black and Latino.
Commissioner Stanley K. Sheinbaum called for the changes on Tuesday, saying that the issue was not discussed thoroughly enough in the report’s original draft.
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