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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2020

Virginia Officers Take Shelter Dogs on Patrol to Find Adoptive Homes

Officers with the Williamsburg (VA) Police Department have taken to being accompanied by dogs from area animal shelters in a "K-9 for a day" program aimed at finding the animals adoptive homes.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2020

South Carolina Deputy Deploys TASER on K-9, Gets Kicked by Cow

A deputy with the Georgetown County (SC) Sheriff's Office was injured in a bizarre incident in which his K-9 partner bit a cow, he TASERed his dog, and the cow then kicked the deputy.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2020

Texas Officer Adopts Dog Badly Wounded When Dragged By Vehicle

An officer with the Round Rock (TX) Police Department is now the proud owner of a three-year-old bull terrier that had suffered extensive injuries when it fell from the bed of a pickup truck and was dragged along the roadway for up to a mile before breaking free of its tether.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 27, 2019

Photo Shows NY Sergeant Comforting Dog Hit By Car

A photo being shared on social media shows a New York sergeant comforting a frightened dog that had just been hit by a car, even using his coat to provide warmth.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2019

Massachusetts Officer Rescues Dog That Fell Through Lake Ice

An officer with the Littleton (MA) Police Department rescued a dog that fell through the ice on an area lake on Tuesday morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2019

2 St. Louis Officers Fired Over Social Media Posts

Two of nearly two dozen St. Louis, MO, police officers accused this summer by a watchdog group of posting objectionable Facebook messages have been fired.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 2, 2019

Massachusetts State Police Briefly Tested Robot Dog

The Massachusetts State Police reportedly tested a robot dog produced by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics for three months from August to November.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

California Sheriff's Office Releases Thanksgiving Video Starring K-9s

A video by the Placer County (CA) Sheriff's Office of several of its K-9s dressed in human clothing—with the animals' handlers using hand gestures to anthropomorphize the dogs as human attendees at a Thanksgiving holiday dinner—has gone viral.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 20, 2019

Heroic Animals Honored at Washington, DC, Ceremony

Bucca, a New York Fire Department accelerant detection dog who has aided in the investigations of numerous arsons and dozens of murders, was one of the recipients of a medal of honor for heroic animals.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2019

California Officer Adopts Dog He Found in Stolen Vehicle

An officer with the San Diego Police Department who discovered a dog in the back of a vehicle reported as stolen late last month has adopted the animal as his own.

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