Not really as using the same argument, HUMAN OFFICERS are legal entrapment.
Police dogs aren't wild beasts we release on people, they're trained animals that can obey commands. If the suspect in question surrenders BEFORE the dog reaches them, the dog WON'T attack and will probably just wait by the suspect till the officer comes to arrest them.
As for how an armed suspect reacts, would same armed suspect NOT resist an unarmed officer walking over to arrest them?
Dogs have been a natural partner to humans for CENTURIES so I don't get this sudden 'they're creatures we can't control' argument?
The use of dogs in law enforcement is sketchy. Cops act like someone stabbing a K9 unit is no different than stabbing a human police officer, but
if you value your dog's life so highly, then why did you send your unarmed and unarmored "partner" up against an armed criminal?
regardless of context, how do you expect an armed person to react to an animal attacking them?
K9 units seem like legal entrapment.
Not really as using the same argument, HUMAN OFFICERS are legal entrapment.
Police dogs aren't wild beasts we release on people, they're trained animals that can obey commands. If the suspect in question surrenders BEFORE the dog reaches them, the dog WON'T attack and will probably just wait by the suspect till the officer comes to arrest them.
As for how an armed suspect reacts, would same armed suspect NOT resist an unarmed officer walking over to arrest them?
Dogs have been a natural partner to humans for CENTURIES so I don't get this sudden 'they're creatures we can't control' argument?
That's not true. They generally attack anyway and have little control. They often bite and attack police as well.