So when will these idiots be punished? When?
Who’s to say they aren’t? The fact is that very few follow up articles are written about these instances. And technically, if the officer feels threatened by the dog they are allowed to shoot in the majority of departments. Plus, there are other non-official ways to punish officers who do stupid things like this and bring a bad light on their department. The unfortunate thing, though, is that deprartment guidelines view dogs as property, nothing more.