Dog Bite | Animal Behavior Expert Witness For Attorneys

Richard H. Polsky, Ph.D. CDBC
Los Angeles, California

“Bringing the science of animal behavior to attorneys”

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Police K9 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 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 toRead More

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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 withRead More

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Police dog bite attack in California kills innocent bystander

A dog bite attack by a police canine onto a person often causes severe injury, but never death. There are only a few documented incidents of a person being killedRead More

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Expert Opinion about Dangerous Nature of Attack-Trained Police K9s

Understanding the dangerous nature of attack-trained police dogs from the perspective of a dog bite expert witness is often ignored in both civil and criminal litigation. Instead, focus usually remains on theRead More

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Civil rights police K-9 dog bite attack in San Diego, California

Dr. Polsky was retained as an animal behavior expert for the plaintiff. One  issue in this case was whether the victim, a 60 year-old male recently released psychiatric patient, whoRead More

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Civil rights police K-9 dog bite attack in San Diego, California