WARNING: This story contains images that may be disturbing if you swipe through the photos. The parents of a boy who lost a tooth and required several stitches to his lip after being bitten by a Winnipeg police dog say they're heartbroken to learn Manitoba's police watchdog decided not to investigate the matter — without ever talking to the family. Femi and Omolara Aloba, the five-year-old boy's parents, say they feel what happened to their son at his school last week has been downplayed in public and that neither the police, nor the body set up to investigate them, has treated the matter seriously. The child was bitten by the police dog during a Dec. 14 visit by the Winnipeg Police Service's canine unit to Samuel Burland School, in the South St. Vital neighbourhood. Police referred the matter to the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba, which is mandated to investigate all serious incidents involving police in the province. An investigator from the unit told CBC News on Wednesday that after reviewing the incident, they determined it did not fall within the "serious injury classification," because the child was taken to hospital but not admitted. The investigator further said the decision could change, and an independent investigation could be launched, if there is enough public interest in the incident. The parents said they've never been contacted by anyone from the IIU and only learned about the unit's decision to decline to investigate when they were contacted by the CBC. Tap the link in bio to read more. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wps-k9-child-attack-parents-1.6696270 #winnipeg #manitoba #mb #canada #news #police #policing #community #school #education #family