NOGALES, Ariz. – A
15-year-old Arizona high school student is recovering after being
bitten by a police dog that somehow got out of a patrol vehicle.
The dog's handler and two other officers
were putting on a gun safety presentation at Nogales High School on
Thursday when the dog got out, police Capt. Heriberto Zuniga told the
Nogales International. Students suddenly ran into the classroom to tell
them the dog was on the loose.
The handler ran out and secured his German
shepherd. The girl who was injured was taken to hospital with bites and
scratches but wasn't seriously hurt.
Zuniga believes "somebody opened the door
allowing the dog out of the vehicle," a 2011 Ford Expedition specially
outfitted as a canine unit that was parked about 15 feet away from the
classroom. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
The doors on the SUV are normally locked and
officers were perplexed how a door could be opened from outside the
vehicle, Zuniga said. The Expedition was sent to a company in Tucson for
inspection, and technicians discovered a fuse in the spring-loaded
electronically controlled door had failed. It was replaced. More Read
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