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My comment about not following K9 handler proceedures actually has nothing to do with the feces. My father was also a K9 officer. I do not recall the specific wording (and it was another state) but simply put a K9 officer cannot allow his animal to roam about on public property. This officer violated proceedure by letting the animal run loose and compounded the error by not even having the animal within his eyesight.
When the dog did his business, the cop was actually in the service section of the car wash, not even outside with them although the door was open. There is a storage building and huge garbage corral (large enough to hold 6 industrial sized garbage hoppers that is enclosed with 10 foot fencing) between where the one dog was and the police officer himself.
In the Plaza there is a grocery store, gas station, fresh meat/veggie store, and fast food joint. So this area is frequented by children (school, teen center and children's museum is adjacent). My issue with the animals running loose was/is that no matter how well an animal is trained, it is still an animal and therefore unpredictable.
The more I think about the situation, the more I am disturbed. My only one on one contact with a professional police dog was my father's. His animal did not frolic about in public. In fact, now that I think about it, the only time she "played" was in the house. Outside the house at any given time she was at his heel. Her every action (including going to the bathroom) was done on command. Neither animal nor human gained her attention without his approval.
I'm no expert, but I think the dog that stayed away was either older or better trained than the other. It was able to view its master the entire time. It remained inline with the open door the entire time it was out (could not see whether it was male or female from where I was). It did frolic and play with the male dog within that zone. It responded immediately to commands when the cop came out whereas the male needed to be told several times to come.
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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