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Hero police dog shot, credited with taking bullet meant for officer, sheriff says
CBS News(Jupiter, FL) ^ | May 13, 2017, 12:33 AM | CBS/AP

Posted on 05/13/2017 7:51:55 AM PDT by COBOL2Java


JUPITER, Fla. -- Authorities say a man was shot and killed after two separate shootouts with South Florida deputies while a police dog took a bullet during one of the shootouts.

The Palm Beach Post reports that 46-year-old Philip O'Shea died Friday evening. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says O'Shea had an extensive criminal history and was wanted in Raleigh, North Carolina, in connection with a May 2 motel robbery.

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PBSO K-9 Officer Kasper took a bullet in the gunfire that was meant for his partner, Bradshaw said. K-9 Officer Kasper is in surgery and is expected to survive.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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1 posted on 05/13/2017 7:51:55 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

Do police dogs really know what guns are and what they can do?


2 posted on 05/13/2017 7:56:52 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: COBOL2Java

I wonder if Kasper the police dog’s surgery is being covered by Obamacare, or whether he has a superior health plan than much of the public like many of his fellow government employees.


3 posted on 05/13/2017 8:00:22 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: SixPack

woof woof


4 posted on 05/13/2017 8:01:43 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: COBOL2Java

My cat would push me in front.

Plus that’s not obama’s son.

What the heck’s up with FL?

Got a bad white element down there?

I’m the bad white element up here :)

Good dog.


5 posted on 05/13/2017 8:04:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: COBOL2Java

Prayers up for Kasper. German Shepherds are the greatest.


6 posted on 05/13/2017 8:06:30 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: equaviator
Do police dogs really know what guns are and what they can do?

Do you have a dog?

7 posted on 05/13/2017 8:11:03 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs and Vichy Republicans))
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To: COBOL2Java

Prayers for Kasper. May the culprit rot in hell.


8 posted on 05/13/2017 8:15:51 AM PDT by DrDude (Get rid of everything Obama or Clinton!)
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To: dp0622

So your cat really knows you.

Hehe.


9 posted on 05/13/2017 8:28:31 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: COBOL2Java

We’re oraying for you, Kasper . . .C’mon, Pal, you can do it!!


10 posted on 05/13/2017 8:31:59 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: COBOL2Java

Hope he walks OK.If not probably going out with a good medical pension too.


11 posted on 05/13/2017 8:47:07 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: COBOL2Java

When I ask a legitimate question and all anyone can come up with is another question...I give up. Just forget it.


12 posted on 05/13/2017 8:53:56 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Good boy!


13 posted on 05/13/2017 8:55:04 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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“Do police dogs really know what guns are and what they can do?
Do you have a dog? “

My experience with a lifetime of having dogs as companions is that they sense dangerous situations that we don’t because of their advanced sense of smell and hearing. You couple that with their attachment to their human benefactors and I believe that that’s why they react to situations they perceive as dangerous.


14 posted on 05/13/2017 9:07:39 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Balding_Eagle

ROFL!

He knows I’d push him if he didn’t push me first!


15 posted on 05/13/2017 9:10:20 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: equaviator

Interesting question.

I used to drive my cat crazy by playing cats meowing on my cell phone out loud.

He would look all over for them, at the windows, in all the rooms.

Now he just comes in, sees me holding the phone and walks away.

I KNOW he doesn’t know how the phone works or how I get that sound to come out.

But he knows it’s not cats that are in the vicinity.

Odd.


16 posted on 05/13/2017 9:17:36 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: equaviator

Have you ever milked a goat?


17 posted on 05/13/2017 9:25:03 AM PDT by bigmak007 (They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
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To: bigmak007

Nanny or Billy?


18 posted on 05/13/2017 9:29:44 AM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink is dangerous ...)
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To: bankwalker

Lol
Afghanistan or Arkansas?


19 posted on 05/13/2017 9:31:22 AM PDT by bigmak007 (They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
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To: COBOL2Java

“PBSO K-9 Officer Kasper took a bullet in the gunfire that was meant for his partner,”

I think shepherds are great, but the article didn’t explain how the dog was hit. The only part of the article that even referenced what the dog was doing was the caption under the picture which read: “Palm Beach County Sheriff’s K-9 Officer Kasper was shot protecting his partner, the sheriff said.” Okay, how?

I think these animals do a great service to the citizens of this country whether it be in law enforcement or on the battlefield, but it angers me that a news source trying to sensationalize the animal is not the way to appreciate them. Stay with the facts. If he did step between his master and the shooter intentionally, then say so and explain what happened. If the dog was hit during the firefight, then say so.

I appreciate the dog being there to do his part for us. But I hate the media to capitalize on it to sell their sponsor’s crap.

rwood


20 posted on 05/13/2017 9:33:34 AM PDT by Redwood71
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