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Prescott Valley police defend using K-9 to detain suspect after pursuit, claim suspect hesitated
Prescott Valley police justified releasing a K-9 on a suspect who appeared on a police body cam video to be complying with officer commands in an updated statement Monday.
Police officials said the use of the police dog, was necessary during the May arrest because Alfredo Saldivar, 28, hesitated before obeying orders to stand up and had been "ignoring earlier commands," according to the statement.
On Tuesday, Jerry Ferguson, a Prescott Valley police spokesperson, told The Arizona Republic officers were stopping someone who was "obviously posing a deadly threat to the public and resisting arrest."
"All the video shows is the time when he looks like he was complying, but before that he was getting up and running, and not obeying commands from the officers," Ferguson said. "Obviously, the officers felt that they needed to totally detain him and assure the safety of the public.”
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"Here's what I want you to do," an officer can be heard telling Saldivar amid a wailing siren and a barking dog. "Stand up!"
A few seconds pass and a siren turns off as the officer repeats his command for Saldivar to stand up.
This is where police claim Saldivar hesitated, prompting the release of the canine.
"As officers confronted Saldivar and gave him numerous verbal commands to surrender, it initially appeared he was complying, then hesitated," the statement said. "Saldivar’s hesitation and the observations made by police led officers to believe that he was going to flee from law enforcement again, which resulted in a Prescott Valley Police K-9 being deployed."
Prescott Valley police justified releasing a K-9 on a suspect who appeared on a police body cam video to be complying with officer commands in an updated statement Monday.
Police officials said the use of the police dog, was necessary during the May arrest because Alfredo Saldivar, 28, hesitated before obeying orders to stand up and had been "ignoring earlier commands," according to the statement.
On Tuesday, Jerry Ferguson, a Prescott Valley police spokesperson, told The Arizona Republic officers were stopping someone who was "obviously posing a deadly threat to the public and resisting arrest."
"All the video shows is the time when he looks like he was complying, but before that he was getting up and running, and not obeying commands from the officers," Ferguson said. "Obviously, the officers felt that they needed to totally detain him and assure the safety of the public.”
...
"Here's what I want you to do," an officer can be heard telling Saldivar amid a wailing siren and a barking dog. "Stand up!"
A few seconds pass and a siren turns off as the officer repeats his command for Saldivar to stand up.
This is where police claim Saldivar hesitated, prompting the release of the canine.
"As officers confronted Saldivar and gave him numerous verbal commands to surrender, it initially appeared he was complying, then hesitated," the statement said. "Saldivar’s hesitation and the observations made by police led officers to believe that he was going to flee from law enforcement again, which resulted in a Prescott Valley Police K-9 being deployed."
