FILE - The city of Brentwood has agreed to a settlement with a woman after a police K-9 mauled her scalp.

A woman will receive almost $1 million after a police dog tore open her scalp as she was arrested for shoplifting in Contra Costa County nearly five years ago.

The woman, Talmika Bates, reached a settlement on Friday with the city of Brentwood, which will pay her $967,000, KPIX-TV reported.

Bates filed a lawsuit in February 2022 against Ryan Rezentes, an officer from the Brentwood Police Department, alleging that he used excessive force when a K-9 German shepherd viciously gnawed at her scalp after she was suspected of shoplifting from a cosmetic store. The arrest happened in February 2020 when Bates was 24 years old, according........

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