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A woman filed a lawsuit against the Palo Alto Police Department last week claiming that she suffered numerous injuries, including a torn ligament, during an unlawful arrest in October 2021.

A woman filed a lawsuit against the Palo Alto Police Department last week claiming that she suffered numerous injuries, including a torn ligament, during an unlawful arrest in October 2021.

Responding to a recent audit, the Palo Alto Police Department has revised numerous policies pertaining to internal investigations, canine deployments and incidents involving police force or misconduct.

Responding to a recent audit, the department has revised numerous policies pertaining to internal investigations and canine deployments.

Police dog bites can cause severe injuries but there has never been any legislation proposed or passed in California to regulate K-9s. In the Bay Area, San Jose police lead the pack with the most number of dog bites.

KTVU focused in on about more than a dozen specific cases where police deployed K-9s on people, looking at the injuries they incurred and the reasons the canines were told to "find and bite." Here are their stories:

A new report from Palo Altos independent auditor takes issue with a victim interview that took place after a police officer deployed a dog on a man who was sleeping in a Mountain View shed in 2020.

A new report from Palo Altos independent auditor takes issue with a victim interview that took place after a police officer deployed a dog on a man who was sleeping in a Mountain View shed in 2020.

A new report from Palo Altos independent auditor takes issue with a victim interview that took place after a police officer deployed a dog on a man who was sleeping in a Mountain View shed in 2020.

Palo Alto will pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit by Joel Alejo, who was sleeping in a shed in Mountain View where he was attacked and repeatedly bitten by a police dog in June 2020.