A Vacaville police officer was filmed punching his K9. Now he’s being investigated.
Dec. 30, 2020
Updated: Dec. 30, 2020 7:43 a.m.
Vacaville police are investigating one of their own after video surfaced on Facebook of an officer punching his K9 partner during a training exercise.
A short clip posted on Facebook Monday shows an officer with the dog pinned between his legs near a warehouse on Vaca Valley Parkway. At one point, he reaches back and strikes the dog. According to witness Robert Palomino, the officer punched the dog repeatedly before he caught the incident on camera.
“I heard a dog crying, when I looked, the officer was punching the dog over and over and got shocked about it,” Palomino wrote. “… I’m sure he saw me, he stopped beating the dog when he saw me and went behind those trailers in the video.”
The Vacaville Police Department is now investigating the incident, which it says occurred during training. They are not identifying the officer or dog involved.
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