Do not leash laws apply to the police?
Isn't it clear by now that laws aren't applied to police personnel in quite the same way they are to you and me?
If they operated under accountability of the same rules we do, most would be justly incarcerated as a result of their "police work".
Now, right or wrong, cops claim exeptionalism to otherwise criminal behavior as part of their job... and then sometimes thoughtlessly extend these immunities to off duty life, and we allow it.
Face it, that dog (& handler) have more privilege than any
citizen peasant could ever hope for.