Is “K-9 Officer” the dog or the human?

[bushmaster1313]

Title of article says “K-9 Officer beaten”

When you read into the article you see it was the dog being beaten

Texas deputy fatally shoots carjacking suspect who beat K-9 officer with pistol, reports say | Fox News

Looking only at the title would you conclude “K-9 Officer” to mean the dog or the human?

 

[Fishslayer]

Not really well written. Big surprise these days...

To me, dogs have "handlers." A cop dog is a "K9."

 

[Xfuzz]

Word is the mope was beating the dog..
No doubt the report will indicate he pointed the gun
at the officer (human) giving foot pursuit.

Better write up...

Texas deputy fatally shoots carjacking suspect who beat K-9 officer with pistol, reports say | Fox News

 

[Golddollar]

To me, dogs have "handlers." A cop dog is a "K9."

At a recent Veterans Appreciation Day, I talked with the curator of a memorial travelling wall. Part of the wall was a tribute to the K-9s. The curator was a handler during his service in the US Army and told me that the K-9s were considered as soldiers, down to having their own serial numbers.

 

[Onomea]

I think K-9 LEO nomenclature should work like the CIA, with case “officers” running “agents.” So the human would be the officer and the dog the agent.

A K-9 officer would shout at the perp, “Behold! My agent of destruction is upon you!,” right before the K-9 agent puts the bite on the perp’s tender spots.

That’d be great fun for officer, agent, and John Q Public, if caught on video! Justice served with élan.

 

[bushmaster1313]

The home page of the news service now refers to the dog a “K-9 unit”

The title of the article still says “K-9 Officer”

 

[Alk8944]

The problem is the news media personnel neither know nor care about proper nomenclature. There are no standards that they go by no matter what the subject, nor consistency from one reporter to the next, or one minute to the next for that matter! I don't know about other current /former LEOs, but from my time in service this is my interpretation:


Police Officers are sworn personnel. A dog cannot be sworn and therefore cannot be an officer. The dog is the K-9 (Canine) component of the "K-9 Unit"


The human is the K-9 Officer.


The K-9 Unit consists of the Officer, The Dog, and their patrol vehicle, just like any other "Unit" of the Patrol Division. Any news people that define it any other way are simply wrong (See "don't care" reference above"!!! The problem was probably (Note spelling, not Prolly) when police spokesmen started referring to their dogs as "Officer Barky", or whatever.

 

[Sistema1927]

When the call goes out for K-9 assistance they are expecting a human, a dog, and a vehicle to show up.

The news organization should have noted that it was a "police dog" or "police canine" that was beaten.