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Resident tells council police delayed providing dog-bite report after injury; may seek legal action
Summary
David Bauer told the council he suffered a dog bite on Dec. 12, 2025 that required surgery and rabies shots, and that he only recently received a police report dated Jan. 8, 2026 which omitted witnesses and insurance information; he said he was considering court action.
David Bauer, a resident who addressed the Town of Courtside Common Council during the Call to the Public, said he was bitten by a dog in a town park on Dec. 12, 2025 and required surgery that left three pins in his thumb.
Bauer told the council he had difficulty obtaining the police report. "I had surgery on my thumb. I got 3 pins in there," he said, and later, "I went through 7 days of injections for rabies... The police chief wouldn't do anything to help me." He said the report he received was dated Jan. 8, 2026, not Dec. 12, and that it did not list other witnesses or the dog owner's insurance; some information appeared redacted.
Bauer said he has been in contact with the mayor and that state police had made contact with him; he said he may petition the court to obtain additional information if necessary. He asked the council to be aware of how the town's police handled his case and described the financial and medical burden the injury had placed on him.
Council members acknowledged the comment during the meeting; no formal action or vote on the matter was recorded that night. Staff did not provide a substantive on-the-record response in the transcript segments reviewed, and the police chief's remarks, if any, were not included in the public portion of the meeting.
Next steps were not specified during the meeting; Bauer said he may pursue the matter further through the courts.
