police dog

noun

1
: a dog trained to assist police (as in drug detection)
2

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Santa Fe Police Officer Damian Vigil, 30, had permanent scarring and needed reconstructive surgery to the left side of his face following a demonstration by a fellow officer intended to show how a police dog, Ayke, approached suspects in April 2022, according to Vigil’s attorney, Adrian Vega. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 He was contacted a short distance away, on Orange Avenue, where officers tried to de-escalate the situation, including deploying beanbags and a police dog, Easter said. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025 Two Sterling Heights police officers will stand trial on charges after a police dog was ordered to bite a suspect on the ground during a February 2024 incident in Roseville. Christina Hall, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Traditional police dogs can be cost-prohibitive. Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police dog

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of police dog was in 1836

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police dog

noun
1
: a dog trained to help police (as in drug detection)
2

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