Police Dog Viciously Bites Teacher Before Students As Deputy Drops Off His Child At School

A teacher is recovering after she was bitten by a police dog while a deputy was dropping off his child at school. The incident took place in Butts County, Georgia, on Wednesday morning.

Officials said the incident took place at the Stark Elementary as the deputy was dropping off his child at school.

Speaking to 11 Alive, Major Jeff Nix of the Butts County Sheriff's Office said, “As he pulled up to let his child to go to school, the teacher had walked over to the car and opened up the back door of the car.” Just then, the K9 attacked the unnamed teacher and bit her on her upper arm.

Officials said the deputy had tried to warn the teacher not to open the door but “she had gotten to the car beforehand.”

Calling it an “unfortunate accident,” Nix said, “We are looking at things to try to ensure that this doesn’t happen again, and one of the things we’ve put in place is that no civilians will be allowed to ride with any K-9 deputies with their dog.”

“We’ve got a process in place where the dog will be evaluated to make sure the dog meets our standards," he said, adding that the K9 was with its handler.

Speaking about the incident, the teacher's husband said, "On this particular door here, it's what we call the 'bail out door,' so once that particular door is opened, the K-9 just basically went off instincts and training.”

Meanwhile, the Butts County School District Superintendent Dr. Todd Smith said teachers usually greeted the parents and students and opened the car doors to let the children out. He said the incident took place in front of five students.

The victim was receiving treatment but was “shaken” by the incident.

“The teacher was shaken. She had a tough morning,” Smith said.