A police dog is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police and similar law-enforcement personnel with their Police dogs are often referred to by the term K9， which is a homophone of the term canine， a word that generally refers to the dog and its In many jurisdictions the intentional injury or killing of a police dog is a felony， subjecting the perpetrator to harsher penalties than the statutes embodied in local animal cruelty A growing number of forces outfit dogs with bulletproof vests and some even go so far as to make the dogs sworn officers， with their own police badges and ID Furthermore， a police dog killed in the line of duty is often given a full police funeral
