A. A person commits the offense of interference with a police dog when he or she maliciously grabs, harasses, strikes, attempts to injure or to hold a collar of, or interferes with any dog that the person knows or has reason to know to be a police dog, whether or not the dog is actually engaged in police work.

B. “Police dog” means a dog used by a law enforcement agency specially trained for law enforcement and under the control of a dog handler.

C. “Dog handler” means a law enforcement officer who has successfully completed training as prescribed by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission in police dog handling.

D. Interference with a police dog is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1634-89 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1145-85 § 77, 1985.)