Alabama Deputy Sheriff Awarded $10 Million After K-9 Attack
By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
December 3, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, AL.
A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy has been awarded $10 million after being attacked by a narcotics detection K-9 during a training exercise in May 2021.
A jury found that Deputy Aimee Jo Brasher suffered injuries and emotional distress from the attack.
The verdict, delivered on Nov. 25, 2025, found Officer David McIntosh, who was employed by the Hueytown Police, liable for the attack by his K9, Rocco.
Evidence presented at trial showed McIntosh repeatedly failed to meet the minimum monthly training requirements for Rocco, as mandated by both Hueytown policy and national standards.
Testimony revealed that weeks before the attack on Brasher, Rocco had attacked a Hueytown jailer, resulting in hospitalization. Following that incident, McIntosh’s superiors ordered him to keep Rocco muzzled around people.
However, on the day of the attack, McIntosh disregarded those orders, allowing Rocco to run uncontrolled and unmuzzled, leading to the attack on Brasher.
The jury reviewed evidence and heard testimony and found more than enough evidence to show that the injuries were a direct failure of the officer’s duties and due care.
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