Posted on 07/17/2014 10:02:58 AM PDT by Altariel
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va. — A Farmville family is searching for answers after a Prince Edward Deputy shot their eight-year-old Golden Retriever, named Party, ultimately killing him.
“The dog was at the same level of the officer when he fired,” said homeowner Stephen Carwile, and indicated that the deputy was standing at the bottom of the deck.
The incident happened June 27 while the family wasn’t home. A deputy was serving Carwile a civil warrant when he said he felt threatened by the dog.
“I come home to blood all over the place all over my porch,” said Carwile. He called the sheriff’s office after he couldn’t find Party, then saw his blood stained deck and the warrant.
“The lieutenant called me and stated that my dog had tried to attack the officer and the officer had shot my dog.”
The Prince Edward Sheriff’s office put out the following press release:
On June 27, 2014 a Prince Edward County Deputy was charged by a vicious dog at a residence while he was attempting civil paper service. The Deputy tried to get away from the dog but the animal lunged at him so he fired his weapon as required by training. Animal Control was notified seeking medical assistance for the dog, but the animal later died.
The sheriff’s department said the incident was investigated by the Virginia State Police, however a state police spokeswoman said that was not the case.
“The resident did speak with Sgt. King, who explained that the Virginia State Police cannot investigate an incident involving another law enforcement agency without that agency’s formal request, or the request of the Attorney General, commonwealth’s attorney, or grand jury,” said state police. “You will need to contact the sheriff’s office for details concerning the incident.”
Party’s owner, Carwile’s 14-year-old stepson Prescott Stewart, said that’s not the dog he knew, and he can’t imagine the dog lunging at anyone.
“It’s like a void that has been put inside of me I can’t describe it; he was just that kind of dog that if he could be human, he could be my brother — it’s just hard,” Stewart said.
A necropsy shows Party was shot twice, and died of blood loss.
“Anything after the first shot the dog was disabled, the second shot he was just shooting to be cruel,” said Carwile.
The Carwiles said Party suffered on their deck for more than an hour before before he died in the care of the dog warden.
“I know he suffered, he was trying to get in the house,” he said. “He wanted one of us to open that door and let him him so he could be saved.”
“I still have bullet holes in my house, blood on my porch and bullet casings laying in my yard that I have to look at everyday and it just keeps going through my mind without anybody doing anything about this,” he added.
The Carwiles plan to file a civil suit. They want this case investigated and the deputy who killed their dog terminated.
“I want to see him loose his job and never tow a firearm again,” said Carwile.
“I just hope he thinks about it and realizes he did wrong,” said Stewart.
He felt threatened by a Golden Retriever? Threatened how? Threatened with the prospect of being drowned in dog slobber?
Eventually?
In 2011, an elderly man with dementia gunned down for “aggressive walking”?
They already taze and kill the human equivalent of golden retrievers.
Do you remember the mass protests? The outrage? The torches and pitchforks outside the police stations?
No?
Me neither.
http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/albert-flowers-beating/
Looks like we need a new “gestapo” option on Facebook/games?
Not fear.
“I feared for my life” is the Official Excuse which must be used for the officer to have the backing of the department.
In the rare cases it isn’t employed, the officer is fired.
When the law enforcement officer comes to your house, someone or something is going to die. As evidenced by the Georgia case of the child that was killed answering the door. There were no dog[s[ for the officer to kill, the parolee was not home, thus the officer was unable to kill him. This only left the child to kill. And she did.
“Is there such thing as a viscous Golden Retriever?”
The only thing mine would do it lick you to death. That would be after he rolled over for a tummy rub.
Brings tears to my eyes. Some police are not worthy....maybe many.
Perhaps the best response would be to find out who the responsible officer is, then publicly shame him. Policemen know that they can do an awful lot before their own department will turn on them, but the same cannot be said of the public.
This should in no way constitute any threat to the life of the officer or his family, just that he should be ostracized by the public knowing who he is, and refusing to voluntarily have anything to do with him.
If he confronts someone on the street for any reason, that person should request a police supervisor be present; in many situations police are *required* to summon a supervisor is the public requests it. And when the supervisor shows up and asks why, the person can say that they “have no confidence” in the officer.
Police supervisors tend to get annoyed when they are told this, and not at the citizen. If it happens two or three times, they figure that the officer is more of a hassle than he is worth.
Here’s the deal. We own a 70 lb. rot/lab mix with the thick lab body and rot markings. She’s nothing short of adorable. 11 yrs. on she’s yet to bite anyone (just squirrels, groundhogs, and the occasional rabbit when she can catch them). Every delivery person is terrified of her because she runs out with her hackles up barking like fury when a stranger arrives. Soon as they get out of the car you have the wagging start that nearly bends her in half.
We’ve worried before if an officer came to the house she’d get shot because of her size and “alarm mode” she enters when anyone strange comes over. Yet once she is close to them it’s clear she’s just a loud mouthed baby.
Still, if I were an officer and saw Dixie running at me like that I would believe she was after me although she’s totally harmless.
Did you even notice how the puppy killers are almost never named in these stories.
Welcome to the police state.
Dogs are some of the best judges of character i’ve ever met.
So if you are a Police officer who has been bitten by a Golden Retriever ,I’d keep that news under your Hexagonal hat if i where you.
Then call Caesar Millan.
If the cop wasn’t beating the homeowner or the dog it would be pretty darn hard to get a Golden to be in vicious mood. Darn near impossible to my thinking.
If I was training a dog for attack duties, I’d pick a Yorkie before a Golden.
That’s because they don’t fear the dogs they shoot.
They fear those who’ve had enough of their sadism.
Why do you think schoolchildren are taught not to stand up to schoolyard bullies?
Excellent preparation when one of the State-approved bullies shoots their dog, their grandparents, throws a grenade in their baby’s crib....
And how many cops have actually been injured or killed by a dog?
The only “vicious” golden I’ve ever heard of is “Angel”.
The golden retriever who *fought off a cougar* to protect his master.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421079/posts
REVENGE.
dfn. “A dish best eaten COLD”.
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