Police Officer Daniel Irish Sues Sheriff Keith McNamara Over K9 ‘Thor’ Attack’ A Minnesota police officer is suing a sheriff’s deputy over a dog bite from a police-trained K-9 dog that he said should not have been let off the leash.
Daniel Irish was an officer with the Champlin Police Department in March 2022 when he was called to support Keith McNamara, a Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputy, in apprehending a driver who fled a traffic stop. At the time, McNamara was on duty with a K-9 named Thor.
Police Officer Daniel Irish Sues Sheriff Keith McNamara Over K9 ‘Thor’ Attack
Police Officer Daniel Irish Sues Sheriff Keith McNamara Over K9 ‘Thor’ Attack
According to the complaint, the suspect fled law enforcement at around 2:30 p.m. on March 22, 2022, losing control of his vehicle near a cemetery before fleeing on foot. Irish notes in the complaint that the cemetery was adjacent to an apartment complex and a special education school on “acres of outdoor space where one would reasonably expect to encounter the general public.”
