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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

"Do not release the dog!"

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Body camera video released on Friday by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows a police dog attacking an unarmed man who was driving a commercial truck and had surrendered during a July 4 incident.

The incident in southern Ohio followed a three-county chase as officers attempted to pull over the commercial truck driver whose vehicle was “missing a left rear mud flap” and failed to stop for an inspection, CNN reported.

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K-9 officer put on leave after police dog attacks surrendering suspect

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio -- An Ohio K-9 officer has been put on administrative leave, and his dog placed in a kennel, following an incident this month in which the animal was captured on body-camera footage attacking a truck driver as he was surrendering to state troopers with his hands up following a highway chase, an official told ABC News on Monday.