Out of curiosity, I called my daughter who at one time was with SFPD (they have an 8 month academy) and is a serious dog person.
She said one of the flaws with police training is that there is NO training on dealing with dogs. Which is stupid considering the number of households that own them and how often the police have to come in contact with them.
So the question becomes why, if the government is so infallible that it should run all of our lives, does it not do something as common sense based as train police about dogs? Well, because the government is, by its nature, incompetent and should be trusted with as little of our welfare as humanly possible.
I've got one that'll pin you down by sitting on your foot, and then beat your ankles black and blue with his tail.