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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2008

Miami Police Fatally Shoot Suspect Who Fired on Cop, Dog

A man armed with two shotguns and a pistol was shot to death by Miami cops in Allapattah on Wednesday morning—but not before he wounded a sergeant and a police dog.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 8, 2008

Maryland Mayor Says SWAT Team Raided His House by Mistake, Killed Dogs

A Maryland mayor is asking the federal government to investigate why SWAT team members burst into his home without knocking and shot his two dogs to death in a mistaken drug raid.The raid last week was carried out by the Prince George's County Sheriff's Department after a package containing marijuana was mailed to the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2008

Probe: San Diego Police Dog Died of Heatstroke

The San Diego police dog left in the back of his handler's patrol car last month died of heatstroke, county investigators said yesterday, and it will be up to the District Attorney's Office whether it will charge the officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2008

Boise PD Goes Undercover on Dog Poop Patrol

Boise police tried to crack down on dog owners who flout the city's dog leash and poop pickup laws Tuesday, but an early-morning rain storm apparently kept many away from the parks.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2008

San Diego Police Dog Found Dead in Handler's Patrol Car

Authorities are investigating the death of a San Diego police dog who was found dead in the back of his handler's patrol car Friday.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJune 18, 2008

An Unsung Neighborhood Hero

Each former or active Sheriff’s detective was there to pay his last respects to a neighborhood hero. No one made them come, and many of their peers would have probably ridiculed them for coming to the funeral of a “snitch.” But none of the ridiculers knew what Mad Dog had done to make Los Angeles a safer place. Not many people knew, not even his own family.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2008

Sheriff Arpaio Must Give Court Statement in K-9's Heat Death

After months of fighting to avoid being interviewed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio must give a deposition in the case of a Chandler officer whose police dog died last August while trapped in a hot patrol vehicle, a judge has ruled.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 2, 2008

N.C. Highway Patrol Suspends K-9 Program Over Accusations of Rough Training

The N.C. Highway Patrol took its police dogs out of service indefinitely Wednesday, after a hearing exposed rough obedience techniques such as shocking, suspending and kicking dogs.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2008

Man Facing Prison Term for Stabbing San Diego Police Dog

A man accused of threatening two people with a knife at a San Diego motel and stabbing a police dog pleaded guilty Monday to assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 7, 2008

Jury Rules Against Tenn. Trooper for Injuring Man at Traffic Stop in which Family Dog was Killed

A federal jury awarded $9,100 to a North Carolina man who was injured by a Tennessee state trooper during a traffic stop. The man's dog was also shot and killed by police during the incident.

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