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GO TO 11ALIVE.COM TO VOTE. >>> WE HAVE UNLOCKED SEVERAL
CIGARETTES HIDDEN INSIDE THE
ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
THE ARREST OF 4@THE DRIVER ON T
FLIP OF A COIN TO THE MUTED
BODY CAMERAS FROM A SUSPECTED
DUI.
DUI.
DUI. OFFERS ALSO INTENTIONALLY FREEZE
A BOY TO GET A CONFESSION.
TONIGHT, DETAILS ON ANOTHER
STORY WE REPORTED.
A K-9 OFFICER DISOBEYS COMMANDS
AND GOES ON ATTACK.
WE EXAMINE WHAT SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED AND WHAT WENT WRONG.4@@
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OFF. >> Reporter: A ROSWELL K-9
HANDLER YELLS OFF 18 TIMES.
WHY DID HIS POLICE DOG REFUSED
TO RELEASE A TEENAGE SUSPECT
FROM HIS JAWS?4@
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OFF. >> THIS IS THE SCENE TODAY.
POLICE WOULD NOT GIVE4@ US THE
VIDEO UNTIL THIS YEAR BECAUSE
TECHNICALLY, THE CASE WAS STILL
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. BUT
OPEN. BUT NOW WE CAN LOOK BACK TWO
YEARS4@ THROUGH A WINDOW IN TIM
TO A PO4@LICE ESSAY WAS THE
CRITICAL MOMENT.
CRITICAL MOMENT. FIRST, THE OFFICER SAYS COME
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. FAST-FORWARD AND 4@THEN THE
OFFICER SAYS GET DOWN ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. BUT THE OFFICER DOES NOT SAY
GET DOWN ON THE GROUND ON YOUR
STOMACH WITH YOUR HANDS OUT TO
THE TEENAGER DECIDES TO SIT ON
THE CURB BEHIND A BUSH.
AND HE PUTS HIS HANDS UP, BUT
POLICE SAY PUTTING HIS HANDS UP
AND HANDS DOWN BEHIND THE BUSH
CONSTITUTED MOVEMENT THAT
TRIGGERED THE DOG TO DEPLOY NOT
ON4@LY ON HIS OWN WITHOUT A
COMMAND FROM HIS HANDLER, BUT
ALSO, AGAINST THE COMMAND OF
HIS HANDLER.
HIS HANDLER. WHAT FOLLOWED OUR 18 COMMANDS
OF OFFICE, YET THE DOG CONTINUES
TO ATTACK.
TO ATTACK. >> DO NOT MOVE.
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THE DOG GOES BACK AND GRABS HIS
HAND. AND HOLD HIM NOW FOR
ANOTHER EIGHT SECONDS.4@
TWO ATTACKS, NEW COMMANDS TO
APPREHEND, IGNORING ALL COMMAND
TO STOP.
TO STOP.
TO STOP. THE DOG WAS NEARLY BITING HIS
OWN HANDLER.
OWN HANDLER. >> PROFESSOR CH4@ARLES THAT HIS
PHD STUDYING POLICE DOG
TRAINING.
TRAINING.
TRAINING. >> THIS DOG WAS NOT TAKEN OUT
OF SERVICE.
OF SERVICE. THIS DOG 4@WAS NOT RETRAINED.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. THE HANDLER SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PULLED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE
GONE THROUGH REMEDIAL TRAINING.
THE DOG WAS NOT RESPONDING TO
COMMANDS.
COMMANDS.
COMMANDS. THE SUSPECT FOLLOWED EVERY
SINGLE COMMAND FROM STOP 4@TO
COME HERE TO GET DOWN ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL NOT
RESPONDING TO THE OFFICERS
COMMAND WAS HIS 4@DOG, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> THE POLICE CHIEF CLEARED THE
OFFICER IN THE DOG SAYING NO
TRAINING ISSUES OBSERVED.
THE K-9 RESPONDED 4@AS HE SHOUL.
>> YOU CANNOT HAVE A DOG OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. YOU CAN PUT ALLIGATOR OUT THERE
AND IT WOULD BE THE 4@SAME THIN.
>> I CALLED THE DOG OFF, BUT
WITH THE HASTE 4@OF IT, HE WAS
SCREAMING.
SCREAMING. >> Reporter: ALL CHARGES
AGAINST THE TEENAGER WERE
DROPPED BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY A
PASSENGER IN A STOLEN CAR.
ALSO, HE DID NOT FILE A LAWSUIT
BECAUSE THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS EXPIRED THREE WEEKS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. >>
AGO. >> WHAT WOULD YOUR EXPERT HAVE
DONE TO STOP THAT EARLIER?
>> HE WOULD HAVE SAID STOP AND
IF THE DOG WERE TRAINED
PROPERLY, THE DOG WOULD HAVE
STOPPED.
STOPPED.
STOPPED. THE DOG AND