Family Outraged After Officer Shoots Their Dog (5 lb Chihuahua)

WCPO ^ | 06/09/2009 | Lynn Giroud

[rintense]

Doesn't surprise me. I once called 911 to help get two big lost dogs off a major road before an accident happened. I got one of the dogs to come to me, but the arriving officer, after trying unsuccessfully to get the other dog (who was clearly scared), pulled out his gun and was going to shoot it. I went nuts! I lived a few minutes away and made the cop swear he wouldn't shoot the dog. I went home for my 'dog kit' but expected to come back to a dead dog. Surprisingly, the dog was still alive and I managed to get him to come to me.

I was utterly shocked this cop pulled his gun, especially on a busy road with homes (and playing children) across the street. Idiot. Thankfully, he took the dogs to the county hold up and brought my leashes, etc. back to my house.

[stentorian conservative]

The dog was a Chihuahua-mix named “Jack” that Scott and Sharon Bullock had given to their 12-year-old son for his birthday a few years ago.

Nuthin' like splittin' a few hairs.

[gimme1ibertee]

Good Lord...tazed AND shot???
It's OK for THESE guys to have guns,but not a "right-wing extremist" such as myself??? SHEESH!
If these pusillanimous mental giants can't deal with a feisty five-pound puppy,how in the hell can they deal with a 250-lb crackhead?
If they have this much lack of self-control using deadly force against a small frightened animal,they should not be trusted to "protect and serve".
Sue the dept and fire the bastards.

[Carley]

Too bad they didn’t write common sense into their ‘procedures’.

[chiefqc]

Have gun and no common sense.

[green pastures]

Procedural question re: adding topics—

I tried to add “pets” to the topic, but I get a “pets” is unknown message.

I know I’ve been able to add “pets” to a topic in the past, but there are other times I can’t add a topic (and this is when there are less than 4 topics currently identified).

Does anyone know why this sometimes work and sometimes doesn’t?

[EternalVigilance]

This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that local cops need SWAT teams and automatic weapons.

/sarcasm so heavy a crane couldn’t lift it

[netmilsmom]

Actually, the dog was “a few years old”

“The dog was a Chihuahua-mix named “Jack” that Scott and Sharon Bullock had given to their 12-year-old son for his birthday a few years ago.”

But I have found that with small dogs, they remain “puppy crazy” for longer than the big dogs I’ve owned. My Pap is going on her fourth year. We still call her Minnie the Maniac. Love her to pieces and would NEVER want this to happen to her or any pup.

[Filo]

Absolutely pathetic.

Which is just about all our police are good for these days.

[Ciexyz]

The family was at fault for leaving the dog unattended. How could they have been so stupid? The dog could have been stolen for medical research or lifted up by a hawk.

That said, the officers need to undergo an examination for shooting an animal on its front porch. They'll probably weasel out of any punishment by claiming the animal could have been rabid, yada yada.

[Filo]

I hate idiot cops that give the rest a bad name even more.

Yeah. That 99% sure does give that 1% a bad name.

[netmilsmom]

>>The family was at fault for leaving the dog unattended. How could they have been so stupid? The dog could have been stolen for medical research or lifted up by a hawk.<<

I hope this is not sarcasm, because it’s the truth.
One of the FReepers had a Pom tied on his deck in the southern part of MI. A Coyote took the poor thing out.

Small dogs come with big risks. The cop was horrid, but the dog could have been run over by a car too.

[The Old Hoosier]

But he had to, it was ferocious!

[papertyger]

BS. Show everyone what the "procedure" is then.

Yet another example of how duplicity has become an unwritten requirement for modern police work.

Which in turn is a perfectly legitimate reason for many fine, upstanding, Americans to "dislike" practitioners of the "law industry."

[freekitty]

Three bullets were used on this little 5 pound dog?

Outrageous.

[east1234]

“Another renegade with a badge”

I'm afraid a significant majority fit this description.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Cowardly pig pops pup, SOP.

If you have pets, you had better pray those trigger happy jackboots don’t tromp to your door, your dogs will likely not survive the encounter.

[Dead Corpse]

I know a few. My Dad is retired LEO.

Most of the ones I've met really are just trying to do the right thing. Others though, they should never have been let out of reform school or off their Mother's leading strings.

[papertyger]

I know a few. My Dad is retired LEO.

I'm beginning to believe "the only good cop ... is a retired cop."

[khnyny]

These bozos should in no way be allowed to carry a firearm - they are a menace to anyone they encounter as they are obviously:

1) Stupid
2) Untrained
3) Sociopaths