San Diego police Officer Brendon Johanson thought his partner was going to die in the back of his patrol car as they raced to the emergency room. A suspect had choked out Bowie, his 4-year-old Belgian ...

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Although the use of SWAT dogs began in the early 1980s in Germany, the practice builds on an ancient relationship. The German dogs are used for counterterrorism, among other things, because they will ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT unit, along with animal control officers, raided an Eastside home to rescue multiple dogs from a suspected dog-fighting operation. The raid ...

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Bowie, a San Diego police K-9 was rendered unconscious for over three minutes after a suspect allegedly choked him during a Dec. 16 standoff involving a domestic assault investigation. Officers rushed ...

SWAT-team members were sent to a neighborhood in Racine, Wis., when Kim Polk called authorities after a dispute over dog feces led a neighbor to threaten to attack her with a bow and arrow and a ...

A SWAT team raided a property in DeLand early Wednesday morning, rescuing over two dozen dogs who were chained up there, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT unit, along with animal control officers, raided an Eastside home to rescue multiple dogs from a suspected dog-fighting operation.