[QUOTE]A 73-year-old woman has died days after being bitten by a police dog.
Irene Collins, of Park End, Teesside, was bitten several times about the body by the German shepherd as Cleveland Police searched for a male suspect near Penrith Road on Wednesday.
She was taken to James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, but the force has confirmed she died at the weekend.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will now decide how the incident should be investigated.
Assistant Chief Constable Sean White said: "Our thoughts are with family members, relatives and friends who will be distraught at this sad news.
"Members of Cleveland Police share the grief that is felt and we all wish to express our sincerest condolences to the family.
"The police dog involved has been withdrawn from operational policing activities and support is being provided to the police officer who was handling the dog at the time of the event."[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-28408489[/url]
[quote]A second man ran off and Ms Collins was bitten in her kitchen after giving police permission to search her garden.[/quote]
Bizarre.
wait so this lady had nothing at all to do with the case except for her giving permission to the cops to search her garden and the dog just started biting her? that's fucked up.
believe it or not, you cant always control the dog.
Theres a reason why during demonstrations that they have you stand pretty far back... Shit like this happens.. and it shouldnt
Was the handler just off searching for the runaway? The article doesn't say anything about where the handler was when this happened.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;45458662]believe it or not, you cant always control the dog.
Theres a reason why during demonstrations that they have you stand pretty far back... Shit like this happens.. and it shouldnt[/QUOTE]
If they were searching her garden, why is the dog in her kitchen? If they needed to cross through her home to get to the garden, why wasn't the dog leashed and restrained while she was told to wait in another room with the door closed?
It sounds like as soon as she opened the door they just let the dog run in. Negligent actions at the hands of the police since protecting the innocent must take priority over catching the guilty.
Did the dog lose his badge?
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;45458948]Did the dog lose his badge?[/QUOTE]
paid leave
crazy, i just went to a police recruitment fair yesterday and the dog handler had 20+ years of experience and said police dogs were the best trained dogs in the world
guess accidents happen
i dunno why but my mind read the title first with a comma "73 year old woman bitten by police, dog dies"
anyway, sad story
[QUOTE=Code3Response;45458662]believe it or not, you cant always control the dog.
Theres a reason why during demonstrations that they have you stand pretty far back... Shit like this happens.. and it shouldnt[/QUOTE]
It's not that he wasn't controlled, the dog was given permission to find and attack. The dog just went for the wrong target unfortunately.
If this was a regular dog it'd be put down.
[QUOTE=ZeFruitNazi;45458986]crazy, i just went to a police recruitment fair yesterday and the dog handler had 20+ years of experience and said police dogs were the best trained dogs in the world
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I'd be willing to wager that working dogs we've never heard of are the best trained in the world, such as herding dogs, look up some videos of a shepherd working with dogs, it's pretty amazing.
[QUOTE=TheKingofBees;45458489]wait so this lady had nothing at all to do with the case except for her giving permission to the cops to search her garden and the dog just started biting her? that's fucked up.[/QUOTE]
Moral of the story: Never consent to a police search.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;45460203]Moral of the story: Never consent to a police search.[/QUOTE]
Well you can, but first you should always convince the police not to kill you.
During a search the homeowner shouldn't have been anywhere near the dog, especially at the age of 73. Sounds like a case of extreme negligence.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;45460203]Moral of the story: Never consent to a police search.[/QUOTE]
This raises in interesting question. When the police sought permission to search her garden did they say something like "Can we search the garden?" or "We have a police dog we'd like to send in..."?
She may have a agreed to what she thought would be an officer taking a quick look back there, not to having some deadly beast let loose upon her world.
[QUOTE=ZeFruitNazi;45458986]crazy, i just went to a police recruitment fair yesterday and the dog handler had 20+ years of experience and said police dogs were the best trained dogs in the world
guess accidents happen[/QUOTE]
Lol police always say they've got the best training in the world.
of course the one dog that should have been shot by the police wasnt
[editline]21st July 2014[/editline]
(its a joke, they probably couldnt have shot it without hitting the woman)
Well this is it, why would you put a dog that is not even trained properly, on a procedure that is very serious, the women only died because she is weak and cant even handle a bite, like are you a baby can you not handle a bite? like lets be honest she wanted to die. ^-^
[QUOTE=YannoAnna;45461662]Well this is it, why would you put a dog that is not even trained properly, on a procedure that is very serious, the women only died because she is weak and cant even handle a bite, like are you a baby can you not handle a bite? like lets be honest she wanted to die. ^-^[/QUOTE]
What is wrong with you?
She's 73 and was being bitten by a dog trained to take down people 3-4 times its size.
That is true but i feel like she could of survived if she maybe was stronger or tried to resist but it looks like (from the research i did) she did not really resist and just let the dog bite her. and also what was the police officer doing, just standing there?
[QUOTE=The freeman;45461751]What is wrong with you?
She's 73 and was being bitten by a dog trained to take down people 3-4 times its size.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=YannoAnna;45461777]That is true but i feel like she could of survived if she maybe was stronger or tried to resist but it looks like (from the research i did) she did not really resist and just let the dog bite her. and also what was the police officer doing, just standing there?[/QUOTE]
It isn't like you are training every day in case a dog comes over and tries to fuck your shit, and at any age above like 50 you really aren't going to break free of a police dog or stop it from doing damage.
I don't see anywhere to back this up, but the officer likely got the dog off right after it attacked her. Multiple bites bite is totally enough to kill a 70 year old woman considering her immune system probably wasn't great and she would have been bleeding quite badly.
[editline]21st July 2014[/editline]
That was quick.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;45460203]Moral of the story: Never consent to a police search.[/QUOTE]
doesn't matter if the police are "in pursuit"
[QUOTE=garychencool;45461883]doesn't matter if the police are "in pursuit"[/QUOTE]
Precisely. Police have the right to enter a property whilst in pursuit; asking for her permission was simply a gesture of respect.
[QUOTE=YannoAnna;45461777]That is true but i feel like she could of survived if she maybe was stronger or tried to resist but it looks like (from the research i did) she did not really resist and just let the dog bite her. and also what was the police officer doing, just standing there?[/QUOTE]
i have a friend in the military who's 250lbs and athletic as fuck, he got a chance to put on a protective suit and run away from a police dog and he didn't stand a chance
he said as soon as the dog latched on, he was on the ground
so no the elderly woman had almost 0% chance, unfortunately
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;45460203]Moral of the story: Never consent to a police search.[/QUOTE]
Anyone rating this dumb is a moron. Seriously: [i]Never[/i] consent to a search. [i]Never[/i] agree to a police interview. These things can [i]only[/i] hurt you.
Bad Sporky! BAD!
[QUOTE=Sector 7;45462642]Anyone rating this dumb is a moron. Seriously: [i]Never[/i] consent to a search. [i]Never[/i] agree to a police interview. These things can [i]only[/i] hurt you.[/QUOTE]
It's nevertheless not applicable to this situation. Police do not need consent to enter a property while in pursuit.
[QUOTE=PolarEventide;45462381]Precisely. Police have the right to enter a property whilst in pursuit; asking for her permission was simply a gesture of respect.[/QUOTE]
They can enter the property, but without consent basically anything found there is unabke to be upheld in court against you. So only by technicality was it a gesture of respect, they need permission regardless.
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