Richard H. Polsky, Ph.D. CDBC
Los Angeles, California
“Bringing the science of animal behavior to attorneys”
Dog Bite Injury Blog
A blog for attorneys & dog bite victims by animal behavior expert, Richard Polsky, PhD. The dog bite injury blog was created to report current news about injury caused to people as a result of being attacked by a canine. An animal behavior perspective is used. Stories for inclusion have been carefully chosen based on where the incident happened, the breed of dog involved, the nature of the injury, legal implications, and whether a canine fatality occurred.
Police K9 fatal dog attacks
Fatal dog attacks by police K9s are rare. Nonetheless, there are few documented accounts that merit careful attention. The reason why police canines do not kill people more often stems Read More..
Watch video of vicious police K9 attack in Maine
Subsequent to the laws which now require police to wear body cams, videos are becoming increasingly common on YouTube showing the vicious attacks by police canines on suspects. Here’s another Read More..
Watch video of police K9 attack in Florida
A video of police K9 attack on an suspect who had already surrendered exemplifies the difficulty handlers have in controlling their K9s during suspect apprehension. The incident, which happened in Read More..
Animal behavior science and the inherently dangerous nature of attack trained police K-9s
Presentation by Richard Polsky at the annual meeting the Animal Behavior Society, August 2021 The perspective from animal behavior science is needed to fully understand and explain the behavior of Read More..
Canine handler abusing his K9 partner shown in disturbing video
As a police K9 bite expert, I am knowledgeable of the various training techniques used to attack-train a police K9. I also have become familiar with and have testified about Read More..
Mississippi dog bite expert opinion about police dog bite at MS. St. football game
In this post, Dr. Richard Polsky Ph.D., a Mississippi dog bite expert, offers expert opinion about a dog bite inflicted to an innocent bystander by a police dog at a crowded LSU-Mississippi Read More..
Video of police dog attack on innocent bystander
Most plaintiff attorneys involved in police dog bite lawsuits eventually come to learn about the potentially dangerous nature of police service dogs used for suspect apprehension. In other posts Read More..
Police dog trainer in North Carolina calls police K-9 handlers stupid
Police canines supposedly possess superior discrimination abilities which enables them to correctly identify suspects that need apprehension. And in many instances, since the handler is nearby, accurate discrimination is possible: Read More..
Off-duty police K-9 viciously attacks canine handler in New Jersey
Sufficient evidence has been amassed to suggest that police canines deployed in the field by their handlers may be unpredictable and problematic at times. Evidence which supports this belief is Read More..
Police dog bite attack on innocent bystander settles for $225,000 in Washington
Police dog bite attacks on innocent bystanders occasionally happen, but the magnitude of the problem remains largely unknown. The reason why innocent bystanders are frequently attacked is not difficult to Read More..
Vicious police dog bite attack rips man’s throat apart in Ontario, Canada
Previously on dogexpert.com, I have written about the inherently dangerous nature of police K-9s and how police dog attacks on criminal suspects usually cause greater bodily injury when compared with Read More..