Bill to ban police from using K9s for crowd control moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee

The California Assembly Public Safety Committee has approved AB 742, a bill that bans police from using a K9 to apprehend a person or for crowd control. 

The measure passed with a 6-to-2 vote, and it now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. 

The bill was introduced by Assemblymembers Corey Jackson (D-Perris) and Ash Kalra (D- San Jose), and would not ban using police canines for explosives detection, search and rescue, or narcotics detection, which don't involve biting.