what happened next is in dispute but it irrev cably changed the life of stephanie moore. the building was surrounded. the men came down from the roof where the officers were posted. >> we were issuing commands for them to stop and get on the ground. they didn't comply. one of them made a move to go down an uncovered alleyway and at that point when he made that movement, i committed the dog. >> reporter: the dog bit the man on the calf puncturing his skin and tearing a muscle. he never filed a complaint, but this night would come back to haunt the young officer. it was a time of turmoil for the prince george's county police department. citizen complaints and strange of media reports prompted a federal investigation of excessive force, but the investigation yielded no major conviction. then on september 20th, 2000, one day before the statute of limitations was set to expire moore was charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law. in 2001 moore was acquitted on one charge but the jury hung on the remaining charge, so the government tried her again and in august

i have come out of this pretty strong. >> so is there a moral to this story of stephanie moore?r and her prosecutor had surprisingly similar views on judging the actions of law enforcement. >> we need to understand the difficult circumstances police officers face now at the same time stacey, we have to understand that a crime is a crime and no body even the people who enforce the law may be especially the people who enforce the law can be above the law >> i think it is very difficult to judge the actions of police officers i think there should be checks and balances i think there should be oversight but i think the people who judge them need to be better educated, and need to be more aware, of everything that goes into being a police officer. >>> stay is he cohan fox 5 news. >> stephanie moore will continue to be on probation for two years. >> she already has a job and hopes to one day own a home her son adam says he plans on becoming a police officer one day like his mom. >>> it is 8:23 a.m. now on tuesday morning, a health alert about a crucial drug shortage more on that when