Editing Use of force (section)

===Police dogs===
A 2020 investigation coordinated by the [[Marshall Project]] found evidence of widespread deployment of [[police dog]]s in the U.S. as [[disproportionate force]] and disproportionately against people of color. A series of 13 linked reports, found more than 150 cases from 2015 to 2020 of K-9 officers improperly using dogs as weapons to catch, bite and injure people.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=VanSickle |first1=Abbie |last2=Stephens |first2=Challen |last3=Martin |first3=Ryan |last4=Kelleher |first4=Dana Brozost |last5=Fan |first5=Andrew |date=2020-10-02 |title=When Police Violence Is a Dog Bite |url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/02/when-police-violence-is-a-dog-bite |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Marshall Project |language=en}}</ref> The rate of police K-9 bites in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], a majority-Black city of 220,000 residents, averages more than double that of the next-ranked city, [[Indianapolis]], and nearly one-third of the police dog bites are inflicted on teenage men, most of whom are Black. medical researchers found that police dog attacks are "more like shark attacks than nips from a family pet” due to the aggressive training police dogs undergo. Many people bitten were not violent and were not suspected of crimes. Police officers are often shielded from liability, and federal civil rights laws don’t typically cover bystanders who are bitten by mistake. Even when victims can bring cases, lawyers say they struggle because jurors tend to love police dogs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Remkus |first=Ashley |date=2020-10-02 |title=We Spent A Year Investigating Police Dogs. Here Are Six Takeaways. |url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/02/we-spent-a-year-investigating-police-dogs-here-are-six-takeaways |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Marshall Project |language=en}}</ref>