News brief: Thurston County prevails on accidental bite by K-9, of another officer
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 12:59 pm
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

An appeals court ruled in favor of Thurston County yesterday, regarding an incident in late 2010 in which its police dog bit a Tumwater officer in the testicle during a search in a darkened building for a burglary suspect.

According to Thurston Deputy Rod Ditrich, K-9 Rex thought Tumwater Officer Bryent Finch was a threat when Finch shouted at the suspect to show his hands, at the same time Ditrich was calling Rex to come back to him.

The two men were standing next to each other.

Finch drove himself to the hospital, underwent surgery and then on June 6, 2012 filed suit against the county, the sheriff’s office, the deputy and the deputy’s wife, according to court documents.

A judge hearing the case in Mason County Superior Court granted a summary judgement to the respondents dismissing the strict liability claim. Finch, and his wife Patricia Finch appealed.

The opinion issued yesterday by the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division II, held the legislature abolished strict liability claims for injuries from lawfully used police dogs, even though the police dog exemption didn’t go into effect until the day after Finch’s suit was filed.

The Finches initially also claimed negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress, but had dismissed those two portions after the Mason County decision, according to court documents. Deputy Ditrich and his wife are immune from civil liability under a statute regarding police dog handlers acting in good faith, according to the appeals court.

The three-member panel was unanimous.

"Seriously? you'll never be as good of a troll as Fish Prince, so stop trying." -Sky Guy

especially gay dogs and owners, as this one clearly was...

why else would he go straight for the nuts?

there has been numerous cases where people are harassing the police animals. If you kill an animal that has been assigned to a cop sorry, you're in prison for life. it is an innocent animal that has never signed up to be killed.

Guns don't lick peanut butter so housewives will always have dogs.

Tacoma police dog dies after ingesting meth
BY STACIA GLENN
Staff writerMarch 26, 2015 Updated 31 minutes ago

Barney, a Tacoma police narcotics dog, died Wednesday night, a day after ingesting methamphetamine while searching the storage unit of a suspected drug trafficker.

The 11-year-old black Labrador mix joined the department in 2010. There are three dogs working for Tacoma police, but Barney is the only one specifically trained to find drugs.

His handler, Officer Henry Betts, rushed him to a veterinarian about 6 p.m. Tuesday after the dog touched his nose to meth found at a Puyallup storage unit while officers served a search warrant.

Narcotics dogs are trained to alert their handlers to drugs by placing their nose on them. In this case, Barney accidentally inhaled residue from the substance.

He suffered seizures and his body temperature soared to 109 degrees.

Vets kept him overnight and said Barney was more responsive Wednesday morning but they would continue to monitor him for hyperthermia.

Pierce County prosecutors said they are not sure yet whether they will amend charges against the three defendants to include Barney’s death.

Samuel Tafolla Hernandez, 39, and Thomas Servantes Diaz, 34, pleaded not guilty to drug possession with intent to deliver. Servantes Diaz is also charged with unlawful gun possession.

Jose Mauricio Loranzo-Miranda, 38, pleaded not guilty to unlawful drug possession and was released on his own recognizance.

Bail was set at $1.5 million for both Tafolla Hernandez and Servantes Diaz.

The drug bust is one of the largest in the county in the last decade, prosecutors said.

It yielded 44 pounds of meth.

Tafolla Hernandez after an informant told them he was smuggling large amounts of the drug from the southwestern United States to Western Washington.

Detectives noted that Tafolla Hernandez did not have a job but owned homes in Fife and Kent, multiple vehicles and deposited several thousand dollars in a bank account.

Police followed Tafolla Hernandez and Servantes Diaz to the Puyallup storage unit where they allegedly stashed the meth. That’s where Barney ingested the meth.

Officers also searched a Fife house where the defendants lived and found a pistol and $225,000 in cash hidden behind a wall of diapers, according to charging papers.

Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2015/03/26/36...1#storylink=cpy

Fuk...... even our police dogs are going homo...

LOL when they get caught they will die in prison.

Many a human being has a worth less then that of the average dog!

11/10 Troll Achievement Unlocked. It's like he's playin' T-ball. The Roy Hobbs of the Dark Side if you will. "Wonder Boy Troll". And its brilliant.

So how do you define someone who hates both?

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Poor little boy.

http://www.theolympian.com/2015/04/09/3670106_four-year-old-mauling-victim-returns.html?rh=1

Nice puppy......

Is that Poncho or Lefty?