Good Job, APD Training Manager,
Your officers are no longer killing the dog
The article says the woman was the Fire Chief’s daughter. What kind of dog was it?
Uh, WTF? Idiot didn’t bother clearing his line of fire at all????
This guy *better* get fired. Even if you somehow horribly want to discount his malfeasance in shooting the dog and the woman, this is the kind of idiot that accidentally shoots *other officers*.
Arlington police officers, the Arlington Fire Department and EMS were dispatched to a welfare check in which the caller reported that a woman was passed out in a grassy area near Cantor Drive and N. Collins Street.
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Some health check. Now she’s dead of a gunshot.
Body cam footage has been released: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/08/02/arlington-police-release-body-cam-video-officer-trying-shoot-dog-killing-woman/
Only those highly trained polices should be allowed to have firearms...................
Why are LEO’s held to a lower standard?
The shooter is too dumb to be a cop. Sorry but the very first thing anyone who pulls a trigger should be thinking about is where that bullet is going when he misses. Cops are way too quick to shoot dogs these days. I don’t know if some idiot at the academy is teaching them this nonsense but it must stop.
Not a good idea to get between a cop and a dog.
Three rapid fire shots, so maybe ONE was actually aimed!
He knew she was behind the dog and fired anyway.
Either monumental stupidity or incredible overconfidence that all shots would be stopped by the dogs body.
Apparently he did manage to wound the dog.
Not sure what his weapon was but even he hit the dog center-mass every time it’s most likely the rounds would have passed through the dog and still hit the woman.
If a CCW holder did this they would be charged with reckless homicide at the least.
This moron will probably just get sent back guarding the jail for a while and then a do-over and back on the street.
Only way that does not happen is if the fireman Dad has some pull.
He doggedly defended himself?
Hard to say what really happened. The video is short. What’s the girl laying around outside for? I’ve been attacked by a German shepherd onetime and I was backing up and slipped on some ice. The dog had me pinned to the ground and was ready to tear me up. The dog had a bad reputation. My brother came out of the house and hit him with a bat. He never messed with us again. I remember thinking that I wished I had a gun at the time. The cop panicked obviously. Maybe one of the rounds ricocheted off the sidewalk. Who knows? There’s always two sides to a story.
The article clearly states it was a welfare check on a person, the dog was not reported and became a surprise encounter. If your statement was applicable, you’d have wanted the Animal Control officer responding to a welfare check?
Jesus. Give them a can of pepper spray to carry.
Oh wait.
So, super trooper reserve cop knew that the woman was beyond the dog when he fired?
Okay, the woman. Why was she lying on the grass in the allyway or whatever this was? Was she already injured or dead? Drug OD? Not an excuse for her getting shot, that's on the officer for not seeing what is behind his target, but curious just the same.
I don’t think this one will get swept under the rug. This officer graduated the police academy earlier this year and was put on patrol for the first time in July per another report.
Apparently they don’t teach the most basic gun safety at the police academy. An ordinary citizen would be looking at prison for the same act. This guy has no business carrying a gun. Period.
WTH did I just read?
Was on video this afternoon/evening!
Why was the woman passed out on the grass? Was the dog hers? What kind of dog was it? Maybe we should check in on Tweaker Hunters to find out what was going on.
Tweaker Hunters- Episode 20 - CENSORED FOR YOUTUBE EDITION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Els2UQl0VwU
[Vulgar language alert.]