would it have been the same result if it had not been the police?

When my horse was attacked on a road by a couple of loose dogs I reported it to the police (local rural community police officer) and dog warden and they both went to see the owner of the dogs concerned who was given a warning to ensure his dogs where not allowed off his premises.
 
I may be wrong, but I am on the understanding that police horses (and for that matter police dogs) are considered to be police officers. So attacks as such are dealt with were it an officer.

There was that case of a guy throwing something at a police horse and getting charged for it.
 
It sounds like a very serious incident for the police horses, which are usually so well trained, to lose the plot enough to unseat both riders (who are also usually rather competent riders), so maybe the prosecution reflects the severity of the attack?
 
Sorry but to me it seems a bit narrowminded of you to think they are receiving 'preferential treatment' because of their occupation
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That article gives no indication of the whereaouts of the Dog Owner during the incident or the severity of the attack on the horses; it could be completely different to the situation behind your accident- and as such the treatment of the Dog Owner would also be different- I really don't think the fact they are Police would have factored in the considerations of the CPS when deliberating over whether to prosecute
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I work for Probation and offences against police are always seen as being serious offences, though I've never come acorss it, I'm pretty sure offences against the horses count under that umbrella too.
 
I think police dogs and police horses are counted as police officers and as said before an attack on the is the same as an attack on a policeman and rightly so in my mind.
 
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I work for Probation and offences against police are always seen as being serious offences, though I've never come acorss it, I'm pretty sure offences against the horses count under that umbrella too.

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I also work for the Police
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I agree offences against Police Officers are taken seriously, except in this particular case the Dog Owner is being charged with having a dog dangerously out of control in a public place - NOT assault of a Police Officer- therefore that they are Police Officers shouldn't make any difference... it would be quite different if the CPS were trying to prove the dog had been encouraged to attack the horses by the Owner because the riders are Police, but this doesn't seem to be the case
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it would be quite different if the CPS were trying to prove the dog had been encouraged to attack the horses by the Owner because the riders are Police
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God can you imagine, though I bet there are people callous enough to do that.
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Poor horses, and poor dog, I bet it would have been lovely had it been trained properly (am I being a bit too fluffy?)
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By the way, Im an AO, not a PO, don't wanna give the wrong impression!
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It sounds like a really nasty attack. Whenever I've seen Police horses, they seem so calm and unphased by everything that the dog must really have gone for them to cause both horses to unseat their riders
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I am a dog person but must say I'm not a fan of Staffies at all. A couple of friends of mine have them and both are nasty dogs, but the friends just say "ah well, that's just how Staffies are"
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. They are both kept muzzled and on leads but "staffies are like that" is no excuse. My cousin has one which is adorable but they wouldn't be my choice of dog.
 
sorry i meant to say, it was the speed that everything has happended, not the fact they are prosecuting and it is a bad incident, re-reading the first bit i guess its a bit missleading what i was meaning (not enough coffee)
 
Staffie's are family oriantated. My farrier has a staffie and she's wonderfull, I have a staffie x and a rescue dog, who was a nightmare to begin with and I've owned her for over 9 years and I can state she hasn't got a bad bone in her body and would never hurt anybody just makes a lot of noise if strangers are about. sometimes it's in the handling and type of owner. I've seen men strutting round with a staffi with a studded collar on it as if I'm a big man, look at what sort of dog I've got.
 
I like dogs to look like a proper dog ,ie collie, labs, german sheperd etc, not something that looks like it had it's face kicked in, or a toothless 90 year old woman chewing a wasp, and slobbers and snuffles all the time.
 
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