Billings police dog back on job after biting woman
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 10 months AGO
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billings police dog that escaped from an officer’s residence and bit a woman on the chin when she tried to read his tag has been cleared to return to work.
Billings Police Sagt. Clyde Reid tells the Billings Gazette in a story on Saturday that the Belgian Malinois named Kooko is back on the job.
Police say Kooko escaped from officer Bret Becker’s home on Aug. 11 with a family pet.
A woman found the dogs at about 5 p.m. on Aug. 11, but was bitten when she tried to read Kooko’s tag.
The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment but the extent of her injuries is not clear.
Kooko was placed in quarantine during an investigation.
Reid says Becker was given a policy violation warning.
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