A police dog is a dog The dog is a domesticated form of the wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The domestic dog has been one of the most widely kept working and companion animals in human history. The word "dog" may also mean the male of a canine species, as opposed to the word " that is trained specifically to assist police The police are people empowered to enforce the law, protect property and reduce civil disorder. Their powers include the legitimized use of force. The term is most commonly associated with police services of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. The word and other law-enforcement personnel in their work. Police dogs are often referred to by the term "K9", which is a homophone A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms. Homophones that are of "canine", a word that generally refers to dogs and dog-like animals.
In many jurisdictions the intentional injuring or killing of a police dog is a felony A felony is a serious crime in the United States and previously other common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors. Most[which?] common law countries have now abolished the felony/,[1] subjecting the perpetrator to harsher penalties than those in the statutes embodied in local animal cruelty Cruelty to animals is the infliction of suffering or harm upon animals, other than humans, for purposes other than self-defense. More narrowly, it can be harm for specific gain, such as killing animals for food or fur use. Diverging viewpoints are held by jurisdictions throughout the world laws.[2] This is similar in logic to how resisting arrest The Danish penal code makes allowance for some forms of eluding and is in that way very different from the Penal code in the United States is a more serious crime than regular assault Assault is a crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions, including Australia and New Zealand, assault refers to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, while in other jurisdictions, such as the United States, assault may refer only to the threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force and battery Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault in that the contact is not necessarily violent. A growing number of law-enforcement organizations outfit dogs with bulletproof vests,[3][4] and some even go so far as to make the dogs sworn officers, with their own police badges and IDs.[1][5][6][7] Furthermore, a police dog killed in the line of duty is often given a full police funeral.[7][8][9]
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Earlier this month, an Elizabethton police dog escaped his kennel. Yoris made his way to a field ...
