news has found six cases so far this year where police officers in Norway have been reported for using a police dog that has bitten. All have been dropped by the Special Unit. The 22-year-old man who was bitten on the east edge of Oslo will receive neither compensation nor compensation. – We believe it is disproportionate to use a patrol dog when he was only suspected of violating the Road Traffic Act, says the man’s lawyer Darija Jamina to news. When did Jamina complain about the case to the Attorney General. Lawyer Darija Jamina at Advokatfirmaet Storrvik represents the man. Photo: Advokatfirmaet Storrvik The 22-year-old ended up in the emergency room and eventually 11 days in hospital. For over a year, he has trained his arm every day, but his strength has not returned after he lost large parts of his arm. Reviewing the case – I thought I was going to die, I started losing consciousness and started praying in my head. I am religious. I get emotional talking about it, says the man to news. news has tried to get in touch with the police officer who led the dog, but it is a manager at the operational department in the Oslo police district who is commenting on the case. – In cases where a service dog is involved, and it leads to an injury to a person, the Oslo police district also reviews the case and evaluates the mission and the execution, says police inspector Martin Strand in the Oslo police district. Martin Strand is head of the Joint Unit for Operational Services in the Oslo Police District. Photo: The Police Bureau does not wish to comment on the case. “On the basis of the strict requirement of evidence in criminal cases, the Bureau cannot rule out the police officer’s explanation,” the decision states. The Bureau nevertheless asks several questions about the assignment and why the officer did not have visual contact with the dog. Reference is made to the instructions, which state, among other things, that the service dog is a “sharp” tool and can cause great damage if it gets out of control. – You have to be careful when using dogs because they can cause great harm to people. That is the first. Number two is that he did not have control over the dog while he was doing the trace search, says lawyer Jamina. Different explanations from police officers The lawyer also believes that the two officers’ explanations of the situation do not match each other. The other officer has, among other things, said that the reported officer had to work a bit for the dog to be released. The reported police officer has said that the dog released its bite immediately on command, and that it is not correct that the dog failed to respond to commands. The police say that they relate to the fact that the case has been dropped and have confidence that the Special Unit has gone through the case thoroughly. ENDED UP HERE: The man was treated at the emergency room in Oslo and hospital after the incident in July last year. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB The incident happened on a slope and the dog and the people involved slid down the hill while the man was bitten. This may also have contributed to the injuries. It was just before two o’clock on the night of July 28 last year that the police wanted to check the man after seeing him driving. The police knew that he did not have a driving licence, and in the police’s systems he was also a suspect and charged in several traffic cases. According to the decision from the Bureau, the cases dealt with driving without a valid driver’s license, driving under the influence of drugs, reckless driving, driving at high speed and failure to stop for a check. The man is said to have given the wrong national identification number and said he did not have identification. When the police confronted him that they believed he had given false information, the man ran. The two officers ran after and at the same time asked for assistance from a dog patrol. When the dog patrol arrived around 20 minutes later. BANDAGED: The man had to be plastered and received long treatment in hospital. Photo: PRIVAT The man has received a summons for driving without a licence, driving under the influence of drugs (under 0.5 alcohol per thousand) and for not complying with the police’s order. The report has not been approved because the police have not yet received an answer from the man, the police say. Several biting incidents The relevant police dog and the dog handler mentioned in this case were four years ago involved in an arrest where the dog’s biting became the subject of the court. The verdict states that the man “was inflicted with significant pain through bite wounds while he was partially buried with a police dog and a police officer above him”. The man also lost consciousness. Because of the pain he suffered, the court considered that it cannot be assumed that the man’s “movements were intended to practice violence or to evade arrest. He must therefore be acquitted”. news has not been able to get a statement from the man’s lawyer. The Oslo police district has not commented on news’s questions about this incident.
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