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| Weston-super-Mare inquiry after police dog bites man | Weston-super-Mare inquiry after police dog bites man |
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| Police are to investigate an incident in which a man was bitten by a police dog as he was being arrested. | Police are to investigate an incident in which a man was bitten by a police dog as he was being arrested. |
| Footage has emerged of the shirtless man apparently being bitten in the neck in the incident in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. | Footage has emerged of the shirtless man apparently being bitten in the neck in the incident in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. |
| Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called in the early hours of Saturday to reports of a large fight. | Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called in the early hours of Saturday to reports of a large fight. |
| Assistant Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe said the force's professional standards department would investigate. | Assistant Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe said the force's professional standards department would investigate. |
| She added: "As this is a live investigation, it would be wrong to comment further." | She added: "As this is a live investigation, it would be wrong to comment further." |
| The footage, which has appeared on YouTube, shows a man lying on his front in the road when the barking dog, which is on a lead, lunges forward and appears to sink its teeth into his neck, dragging him forward a short way. | The footage, which has appeared on YouTube, shows a man lying on his front in the road when the barking dog, which is on a lead, lunges forward and appears to sink its teeth into his neck, dragging him forward a short way. |
| Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said she had watched the footage and had spoken to the chief constable about it. | |
| "It will be very thoroughly investigated. It won't be brushed under the carpet," she said. |