A growing public record from Cops + Dogs
Incident Index
One incident can look isolated. A public record helps YOU see what keeps repeating.
Content note: These records discuss police violence, dog attacks, shootings, death, racism, incarceration, and harm to people and animals. I will avoid graphic imagery unless it is necessary to understand the record, and I will label it clearly when it appears.
How to use this archive
Start with an incident. Then follow the pattern.
The newest published or updated case files appear below. Open any record to see the date and place, the type of incident, the status of my coverage, and the sources I relied on.
Individual case files
The archive
These records update automatically as I publish new posts in the Cops + Dogs incident archive.
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Joseph Lee Pettaway
Read the case file: Joseph Lee PettawayA Montgomery police dog fatally injured Joseph Lee Pettaway during a house search. This record tracks the deployment, medical response, disputed facts, settlement, and later municipal-liability appeal.
What the pattern can tell us
No single case proves every larger claim. Across many cases, though, we can begin asking consistent questions: Who is most often exposed to police dogs? What kinds of calls lead to attacks or shootings? How often are warnings given? What happens after severe injury? Which agencies release records? Which policies change, and which do not?
Follow the investigation
Help US keep building the record.
This kind of archive takes time to research, source, update, film, and keep public. You can explore the larger investigation, follow the evidence, or help fund what comes next.