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Weston-super-Mare inquiry after police dog bites man Weston-super-Mare police dog biting man filmed
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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. Footage has emerged of a police dog biting the neck of a shirtless man as he is arrested in Weston-super-Mare.
Footage has emerged of the shirtless man apparently being bitten in the neck in the incident in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The video posted on YouTube, shows a man lying on his front in the road when the barking dog lunges forward and seems to sink its teeth into his neck.
Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called in the early hours of Saturday to reports of a large fight. The dog, which was on a lead, appears to drag the man forward a short way.
Assistant Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe said the force's professional standards department would investigate. Avon and Somerset Police 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." The force said officers were called in the early hours of Saturday to reports of a large fight.
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. Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens said she had watched the footage and had spoken to the chief constable about it.
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."It will be very thoroughly investigated. It won't be brushed under the carpet," she said.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said the man had received medical treatment for a shoulder injury but had since been released from hospital.