Illinois police officer goes to wrong house, shoots family's dog

The Examiner ^ | September 20, 2012 | Penny Eims

[Altariel]

A dog, confined within his own yard, was shot and killed by an Eldorado, Ill. police officer who had mistakenly arrived to the wrong house to investigate a report of a stolen ladder.

According to Wednesday's publication of WSIL TV, the shooting took place on Sunday evening, when an officer arrived to the home of Jason Robershaw.

Robershaw claims that he heard a knock at his back door, followed by gun shots.

Those shots took the life of his 6-year-old German shepherd, "Smokey."

The grieving owner describes the horrific scene outside of his back door:

[patriotsblood]

Info on this ‘police’ department:

Eldorado Police Department

Chief of Police
Shannon T Deuel

921 Veterans Dr
Eldorado, Illinois 62930

(618)273-2141

Officers:
Erin Williams
(Patrol and Crime Scene Tech)

Jack Johnson
(Patrol)

Tom Martin
(Patrol and K-9 Officer)

Justin Mckinney
(Patrol)

Rostin Bergan
(Patrol)

Craig Williams
(Patrol)

from http://www.usacops.com/il/p62930/index.html

[texas booster]

Constitutionally impermissible to Google search for public records?

Makes no sense. If a cop can see evidence of an illegal act through an open windows. in a car or a residence, they can take action. There were several busts years ago when baggies were left out in the open.

I understand that cops and the CIA (j/k) use lots of service/delivery/repair/post men to gather information.

Just don't understand what is different from a drivers license search or a phone number search to looking up an address in MLS, the tax rolls or any other source of Google info.

Of course, if the O’bots love Google and let them search our private info, there may be something to this ...

[austingirl]

Does this happen every damn day? Horrible.

[muawiyah]

For most purposes the pubicly accessible files with names and addresses are not public records. Motor vehicle records in a sort of a mirror image are virtually all public records and are generally not publicly accessible ~ which leads to some differences in the way you can use them, and how their use could affect a downstream criminal matter.

You could still stop a letter carrier to find out where an address was ~ but if you inquired of where Billybob was located that's a different sort of question.

Guar-an-tee if there's something a defense lawyer can make use of to get off a guilty client, he'll do it ~ search and seizure is an open field for those guys.

[muawiyah]

Sure it’s material ~ you probably don’t understand Chihuahuas but I do. No one can trust em ~ buncha’ crazy anklebiters Fur Shur.

[TASMANIANRED]

Sue him personally, the training officer and the police union.

[SaraJohnson]

Some of these kooks would shoot citizens like they do dogs, if they could get away with it.

They have no resepect for others and get a thrill up their leg using the power of their badge to harm people as best they can get away with. No human life or being is innocent to them. Every citizen is viewed as a crime waiting to happen.

It’s a post Christian mentality.

[Secret Agent Man]

None of them are PEACE OFFICERS anymore. They are LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. There’s a huge difference in mentality dealing with citizens, and incidents.

[Secret Agent Man]

They fear being shot by their own close brothers if they start trying to clean the ranks. You know, that’s why only cops should have guns.

[SaraJohnson]

I have total hatred for cops...

---

There really are good hearted, just cops. Don’t hate ‘em all.

Work to change their training and standards of practice. Organize a citizen oversight committee of your local police. That gives a group in power for citizens to go to when crazy cops come onto your property and shoot your dog as if it is SOP. Don’t let government officials appoint the police oversight committee members! It really works.

[Secret Agent Man]

I will tell you.

The priority is OFFICER SAFETY above everything else. Screw the Constitution. Screw the wrong person getting shot. Screw the wrong address. Screw the family dog. Screw the cat.

You will shoot first and whitewash whatever eff up happened, later on.

They are ENFOCEMENT OFFICERS not PEACE officers.

[Secret Agent Man]

Then you’re dead because he’s already got his weapon out and he’s used it already.

[Secret Agent Man]

New World Order Internal Security force world. We are all now just pre-criminals. They’re just waiting for the laws to be passed to either make us criminals, or waiting for us to slip up.

[Politicalmom]

Someone actually won against one of these dog-killing monsters.

Dog owners keep most of $620,000 in damages

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=140895#.UFuRfxi6Zdh

[Jabba the Nutt]

I remember the story about the guy who was not hired by the police, because he was too intelligent. This cop is obviously fully qualified. This would be the only time Barack Obama is correct, when he said "the police acted stupidly".

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) --

The New London Police Department's rejection of Robert Jordan because he scored too high on an intelligence test did not violate his rights, according to a United States District Court Judge.

The city's rationale for the long-standing practice is that candidates who score too high could soon get bored with police work and quit after undergoing costly academy training.

[ZULU]

Once again paramilitary thugs masquerading as peace officers strike.

[Salamander]

I don’t give a flying flip what “uniform” takes aim at my dogs.

The end result will be same.

And no, I don’t care if I get gunned down, too.

[and why am I not surprised about this particular poster’s ‘loophole confession’?]

Since the Dog People will be on this thread, here’s another recall:

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/boots-barkley-bully-sticks-recall/

[Salamander]

Chihuahuas are too ‘mouthy and uppity’.

You know how he despises ~anything~ that dares to question his absolute control and [perceived] superiority.

[freekitty]

Exactly.

[SaraJohnson]

Yuck. It’s foreign and sick.