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505.11 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 16 B. "Dangerous dog11 does not include a police dog that 'has chased or approached in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack, or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger, any person while the police dog is being used to assist one or more law enforce- ment officers in the performance of their official duties. (2) "Menacing fashion" means a dog would cause any person being chased or approached to reasonably believe that the dog will cause physical injury to that person. (3) "Police dog" means a dog that has been trained, and may be used, to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties. (4) "Vicious dog" is defined as follows: A. "Vicious dog" means a dog that, without provocation, and subject to paragraph (a)(4)B. hereof, meets any of the following requirements: 1. Has killed or caused serious injury .to any person; 2. Has caused injury, other than killing or serious injury, to any person, or has killed another dog; 'or 3. Belongs to a breed that is commonly known as a pit bull dog. The ownership, keeping or harboring of such a breed of dog shall be prima-facie evidence of the ownership, keeping or har- boring of a vicious dog. B. "Vicious dog" does not -include either of the following: 1. A police dog that has killed or caused serious injury to any person or that has caused injury, other than killing or serious injury, to any person while the police dog is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties; or 2. A dog that has killed or caused serious. injury to any person .while a person was committing or attempting to commit a trespass or other criminal offense on the property of the owner, keeper or harborer of the dog. (5) "Without provocation" means that a dog was not teased, tormented or abused by a person, or that the dog was not coming to the aid or the defense of a person who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity- and who was not using the dog as a means of carrying out such activity. (b) No owner, keeper or harborer of a dangerous or vicious dog shall fail to do either of the following, except tivhen the dog is lawfully engaged in hunting or training for the purpose of hunting, accompanied by the owner, keeper, harborer or a handler: (1) While that dog is on the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer, securely confine it at all times in a locked pen which has a top, locked fenced yard or other locked enclosure which has a top, except that a dangerous dog may, in the alternative, be tied with a leash or tether so that the dog is adequately restrained; (2) .While that dog is off the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer, keep it on a chain-link leash or tether that is not more than six feet in length and additionally do at least one of the following: 1988 Replacement