California lawmakers recently filed legislation to ban the “racist” use of police canines for arrests and crowd control, sparking some backlash from law enforcement.
Assemblyman Corey Jackson, who represents part of Riverside County, and Assemblyman Ash Kaldra, of South San Jose, introduced AB 742 on Feb. 13, to end what they said was deeply racialized and harmful practice of using police dogs against Black Americans and people of color.
