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Raw Story
Proving that it is not impossible to be kicked off the police force for attacking someone, a Florida police dog has been taken off K9 duty after biting a doughnut shop employee, three months after biting another officer.
According to the Sun-Sentinel, Renzo, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, escaped from a Coconut Creek police cruiser and attacked a doughnut shop employee last week, biting him on the calf.
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According to police reports, Renzo accompanied his handler, Officer Carl DiBlasi, to a doughnut shop to meet with fellow officer Sgt. Brandi Delvecchio. As Delechhio attempted to pet the dog, he lunged at her through the car window before breaking free from DiBlasi. The dog initially started after another officer before changing directions and attacking doughnut shop employee Robert Doherty who was getting his work apron out of his car.
Renzo then would not let go until many repeated commands.
I want to defend the dog because it sounds like a variety of protocols were violated, the most obvious of which is allowing civilians to 'pet' the police dog. Every K-9 cruiser I have ever seen is clearly marked "Stay Back".
I misread the section and confused who got bit. So I tried hard to defend Officer Dog, but, alas, I was wrong. ( h/t MTmofo.)
But Nonetheless, Renzo's a bad cop: he's gotta go. He's even bitten his fellow officers.
The clear lesson here is that unruly officers can be terminated, but only if they bite donut shop employees.
Who could have known?