This is indeed horrible — and it’s not as if there were major crimes in progress and criminals shooting. The police responded to a burglar alarm going off, which turned out to be a false alarm.
What is this “see a dog, shoot it” attitude that some policemen — too many of them — have?!
Then top it off with not allowing the owner to treat his dog and take it to a vet “to preserve evidence” — you made an excellent analogy.
The cops obviously told Animal Control to come pick up a dead dog because that’s what they expected the result to be.
I just cannot wrap my mind around all this callous disregard for people and dogs the police have shown lately. It’s VERY worrisome.