Police under investigation over dog witness statement

Police dog handlers are all too aware of how crucial their four-legged colleagues are in the investigation of many crimes.

However, when the CPS demanded a witness statement in the name of a force dog, officers realised that it would be taking their canine skills a step too far.

They wrote back explaining that PC Peach was in fact PD Peach, stressing that PD stood for police dog but to no avail.

Eventually, the exasperated handler completed a form as if it had been written by the Alsatian, signing it with a paw print.

The statement read: “I chase him. I bite him. Bad man. He tasty. Good boy. Good boy Peach.”

It stated that the age of the witness was four and that his number was PD4341.

One officer took a photograph of the statement and it soon appeared on Facebook and on several police Twitter accounts. 

The CPS, however, failed to see the funny side and complained to the police that their mistake had been turned into a very public joke.

I’m not exactly sure why the CPS is so upset, because this whole incident has been caused by their own stupidity and could have been avoided in someone there had an ounce of common sense.

Who was it exactly that when told you can’t have a statement from this officer he’s a dog went, I want one anyway.

While I’m not exactly the biggest fan of social media sites, in fact I can’t stand them, but in situations like this they are a good way of publicly highlighting the idiotic nature of the world at times.

Hopefully the CPS has learnt their lesson, and police terminology, and next time won’t ask for an eye witness account of what happened during a riot from a horse.