Ocoee family says officer shot, killed pet

ClickOrlanda ^ | September 25, 2012 | Lisa Bell

[Uncle Chip]

OCOEE, Fla. - A Central Florida family is demanding justice after their pet dog was shot and killed by a police officer.

Jackie and Mitch Schutt said an Ocoee police officer knocked on their front door on Sept. 18 to return an ID, but when Jackie opened the door, her dogs ran out to the porch and, she said, the unthinkable happened.

"The officer just pulled out his gun and shot her three times while I had a hold of her," said Jackie Schutt.

The Schutts say bullet fragments struck their front door right where their 9-year-old and 6-year-old children were standing.

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Ocoee police Lt. Stephen McCosker said the officer involved is a veteran who's been on the force for more than 10 years. Lt. McCosker also said the officer also took a few days of medical leave to recover from the bite.

Local 6's legal expert Luis Calderon said officers have the right to come onto someone's property and shoot and kill a dog, but only if the officer has reason to believe they are in danger.

The Schutts say the Ocoee officer was never in danger and added he refused treatment from paramedics after the incident.

[Lazamataz]

Well yeah, chipmunks, but how many cops are shooting THOSE?

[pnz1]

All it says on the Facebook page is that the police were there earlier for an unrelated incident with her father-in-law.. says at the time dog shot she was pulling the dog back by the hind legs..

[pnz1]

**All it says about the previous police visit that is..

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

We have tighter Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan than American cops have in suburban American neighborhoods.

[arthurus]

It has occurred to me that with cops getting automatic paid vacations for shooting citizens, that might suggest a tactic to police unions, sort of like a "sickoưt" but the officers don't call in sick, they just shoot motorists and people who answer the door. If a lot of them do it the police department will be hamstrung by the "job action" with so many of its officers on paid vacation until some new terms are agreed to in the union contract. A "shootout?"