
The Citizen reports concern about the treatment of police dogs, citing the case of one dog described by Cameron. According to Cameron, the dog suffered from severe anxiety and had previously injured herself after escaping from a kennel. The available information does not give the dog’s role, location, breed, handler or any official response, but it frames the report as an animal-welfare concern involving police dogs rather than a confirmed finding of misconduct.
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