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An Alameda police officer shot and killed one of her department’s own dogs when the dog attacked her and bit her arm.

Billy, a Belgian Malinois, and his handler were among those responding Thursday to a burglary at a Coast Guard recruiting center. The dog was being used to flush out a  suspect  when he bit a uniformed officer assisting on the call. The dog did not let go when his handler ordered him to do so.

The name of the officer who shot the dog was not released. She was treated for bite wounds to her left arm and released, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Billy had been with the department for more than three years.

On May 5, another police Belgian Malinois died after being left inside an Alameda officer’s personal sport utility vehicle as the officer attended a use-of-force training exercise.

The department has suspended the use of its two remaining police dogs pending a review of “all the facets” of the K-9 program, including the circumstances that led up to Billy being deployed and his death, Scott said.