SALT LAKE CITY — Months after a Black man was bit in the leg by a police dog in his own backyard, Utah lawmakers are now considering adding further training requirements for dogs and their handlers. It was a command given by the handler.” The proposed bill comes after body camera footage was released this summer of a Salt Lake …
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah police officer was charged with aggravated assault after ordering a dog to attack a Black man who had put his hands in the air, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The Salt Lake County district attorney’s office said Ryans complied with officers’ orders to raise his hands and remain in the backyard. On body camera footage, Pearce …
