According to Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller, the officer’s privately-owned dog broke loose from the officer’s home before the attack.
“Within a few minutes police officers responded to the area,” Miller said in a public statement. “It then became known a dog, who is privately owned by a member of the Secaucus Police Department, got loose from his residence and attacked another dog and the other dog’s owner.”
The incident, which happened days after a deadly and unrelated dog in Bergen County, gained traction on social media. But Miller said the “recent postings and commentary on a private social media page do not accurately depict the Secaucus Police Department’s response.”…