If a police dog handler in the uk captures a illegal dog like a pit Bull what do they do with it?

March 7th, 2010
  • Sell it to the Pikeys.


  • The actual police dog handler would not do anything with the dog apart from remove it from the street.

    I would guess the "pitbull or whatever" would be destroyed by a vet.


  • Dog handlers in the Police don't tend to 'capture' other dogs. There are too many risks of infection to the working dog (which are much more important than actual people in the job!)

    The local authority are the responsible agency.

    687SPV - Crap. Firearms Officers don't shoot at animals running around in public, for fairly obvious reasons. They would only be required to destroy an animal where it is contained and there is no other reasonable means of dealing with it. A vet is always the first consideration.

    Also, a taser would be useless unless the dog was very, very large as the separation of the barbs would be too great and probably miss. Result; very angry, very, very big dog.


  • If the dog is on the "Dangerous Dogs" register of breeds charges will be brought against the owner. If found guilty at Magistrates` Court the animal will be sentenced to be destroyed but the owner will have 28 days to appeal. Below is the relevant section of the "Dangerous Dogs Act"

    4 Destruction and disqualification orders

    (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 1 or 3(1) or (3) above or of an offence under an order made under section 2 above the court

    (a) may order the destruction of any dog in respect of which the offence was committed and shall do so in the case of an offence under section 1 or an aggravated offence under section 3(1) or (3) above; and

    (b) may order the offender to be disqualified, for such period as the court thinks fit, for having custody of a dog.

    (2) Where a court makes an order under subsection (1)(a) above for the destruction of a dog owned by a person other than the offender, then, unless the order is one that the court is required to make, the owner may appeal to the Crown Court against the order.

    (3) A dog shall not be destroyed pursuant to an order under subsection (1)(a) above

    (a) until the end of the period for giving notice of appeal against the conviction or, where the order was not one which the court was required to make, against the order; and

    (b) if notice of appeal is given within that period, until the appeal is determined or withdrawn,

    unless the offender and, in a case to which subsection (2) above applies, the owner of the dog give notice to the court that made the order that there is to be no appeal.

    (4) Where a court makes an order under subsection (1)(a) above it may

    (a) appoint a person to undertake the destruction of the dog and require any person having custody of it to deliver it up for that purpose; and

    (b) order the offender to pay such sum as the court may determine to be the reasonable expenses of destroying the dog and of keeping it pending its destruction.

    (5) Any sum ordered to be paid under subsection (4)(b) above shall be treated for the purposes of enforcement as if it were a fine imposed on conviction.

    (6) Any person who is disqualified for having custody of a dog by virtue of an order under subsection (1)(b) above may, at any time after the end of the period of one year beginning with the date of the order, apply to the court that made it (or a magistrates' court acting for the same petty sessions area as that court) for a direction terminating the disqualification.

    (7) On an application under subsection (6) above the court may

    (a) having regard to the applicant s character, his conduct since the disqualification was imposed and any other circumstances of the case, grant or refuse the application; and

    (b) order the applicant to pay all or any part of the costs of the application;

    and where an application in respect of an order is refused no further application in respect of that order shall be entertained if made before the end of the period of one year beginning with the date of the refusal.

    (8) Any person who

    (a) has custody of a dog in contravention of an order under subsection (1)(b) above; or

    (b) fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under subsection (4)(a) above,

    is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

    (9) In the application of this section to Scotland

    (a) in subsection (2) for the words Crown Court against the order there shall be substituted the words High Court of Justiciary against the order within the period of seven days beginning with the date of the order ;

    (b) for subsection (3)(a) there shall be substituted

    (a) until the end of the period of seven days beginning with the date of the order ;

    (c) for subsection (5) there shall be substituted

    (5) Section 411 of the [1975 c. 21.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 shall apply in relation to the recovery of sums ordered to be paid under subsection (4)(b) above as it applies to fines ordered to be recovered by civil diligence in pursuance of Part II of that Act. ; and

    (d) in subsection (6) the words (or a magistrates' court acting for the same petty sessions area as that court) shall be omitted.


  • They have this deal with Fray Bentos...


  • it's usually handed over to the RSPCA or other responsible agency while an investigation is done to confirm the dog is an illegal breed and if so, that it's destruction is authorised.


  • Under the Dangerous Dogs Act certain breeds of dog are destroyed once confiscated by the Police and the dog has been identified as coming under the category of being a dangerous dog. I think the case has to go before a Magistrate before the dog is put to sleep.


  • if they get a vet to confirm it is a pitt bull 'type' dog, It will be killed as it is not legally allowed to exist


  • It would be held in a secure police dog pound until a judge decided it's fate. The dog would have to be assessed by vets and probably the RSPCA and proven to be an illegal breed before the case went to court.


  • take it to the VET, and give it a needle...


  • Zap him with a tazer until his teeth drop out?


  • Either an armed response officer will shoot the dog if its out of control or a vet will be called to destroy the dog.







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