Officers with the Fullerton (CA) Police Department fatally shot a knife-wielding man on Wednesday night after he refused to comply with commands to drop the weapon, and instead stabbed a K-9 at the scene.
Deputy Scott Cronin was wounded while wresting a knife from a man who was barricaded in a bedroom closet and repeatedly stabbing K-9 Vise.
K-9 Chief was shot in the eye during a police chase with 22-year-old Jose Rivera around 11 p.m. Friday, Chief Kevin Fuhr said Monday, and due to the severity of his injuries the eye will need to be surgically removed.
A K-9 with the Lubbock (TX) Police Department injured in the line of duty in August 2019 will be honored by the Lubbock Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2466 later this week.
Authorities say dispatch lost contact with Deputy Adam Clark during heavy rain. Deputies located his crashed patrol vehicle on Highway 69 near Bremen, where they found the deputy unconscious inside.
An officer with the Hobart (IN) Police Department and a K-9 were injured when a civilian vehicle slammed into their patrol SUV over the weekend.
An officer with the Pascagoula (MS) Police Department and his K-9 partner suffered minor injuries on Tuesday night when their patrol vehicle was struck by a suspected DUI driver.
A K-9 with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department is expected to recover after being stabbed while taking down a suspect involved in a standoff situation on Saturday.
An officer and a K-9 with the Bridgeport (CT) Police Department when a civilian driver collided with the squad car they were occupying on Sunday night.
A Lubbock Police Department K-9 and a 14-year-old gunman suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds during an early morning gunfight following a vehicle and foot police pursuit on Tuesday.