Jonesboro, AR – JonesboroRightNow.com – A Jonesboro police officer was attacked early Sunday by a K9 officer during an article search in a Jonesboro West End neighborhood.
According to Sally Smith, public information officer for the Jonesboro Police Department (JPD), Officer Zach Hobbs and the K9 officer were conducting a traffic stop at Burke and Culberhouse.
At some point the suspect fled on foot and was detained on Nesbit, according to a transcript of the dispatch call.
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The suspect was arrested and an article search was underway when the K9 misbehaved and attacked Hobbs, according to Smith.
The transcript of the call to dispatch read:
“Dispatch, we need EMS over here.”
“What’s the nature? So I can let them know.”
“Dispatch, he’s been bit multiple places, multiple times.
According to a source, the K9 is in custody and being detained at the police department. Hobbs was transported to the hospital and being treated for bites, Smith said.
UPDATE: JPD has released more information, including bodycam footage, about this incident. The full story can be read here.
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