Advocacy group calls for body cameras after police-dog mauls bystander
VANCOUVER — A legal advocacy group in British Columbia is calling for dog handlers with the Vancouver Police Department to wear body cameras after a bystander was accidentally mauled earlier this week during a police takedown.
Doug King of Pivot Legal Society says the use of police dogs is on the rise and that recording attacks on video would provide an objective look at situations that prompt their use.
A man was sent to hospital with serious injuries on Monday as three alleged kidnappers were arrested in the Metro Vancouver suburb of New Westminster.
A spokeswoman with a New Westminster hospital says Vick Supramaniam, the person identified in the media as the dog-bite victim, has been discharged. A report from Global News says the man lost part of his left ear and was bitten on his thigh.