Posted on 12/17/2009 11:18:35 AM PST by Chet 99
(12-17) 09:44 PST ALAMEDA -- An Alameda police dog trying to flush out a burglary suspect was shot and killed by an officer today after the dog attacked the officer, a police spokesman said.
Billy, a Belgian Malinois, and his handler were among those responding to a burglary at the Coast Guard Recruiting Center at 660 Central Ave. shortly before 6:15 a.m., police Lt. Bill Scott said.
Billy bit another officer assisting on the call. The dog did not let go when his handler ordered him to do so, and the officer being bitten shot him to death, Scott said.
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If a dog is biting someone, and that someone tases the dog, wouldn’t they feel the effects of the tasing as well, since they are both in contact?
Here endeth the lesson,
CC
My Labradors have monstrous canine teeth, but their nature is a very soft bite. One of mine has carried around a plush toy in his mouth for 3 years without any damage.
Oh come on. Almost all police carry tasers and batons in addition to their gun. If he does not have the taser he could have used the baton and hit the dog on the arms and legs and the dog would have let go. The man got scared because he is a coward and shot the dog, it is that simple.
So? What if he feels the tase, or is it better to kill the dog?
No.
Ever seen the two big guys who hold a taser volunteer (usually a cop)?
They aren’t affected.
Would he have shot the dog if it had latched onto a suspect and refused to let go on the orders of the handler?
Is there such a case on record?
I’m not into wresting trained attack dogs, so I’ll leave that to you.
It was not a split second decision about what to do with the dog, he could have simply used other methods to stop the dog beside shooting him.
An attack dog that will not listen to it’s handler is useless and dangerous and needs to be put down.
Are they skin-on-skin? If not, then you have a level of electrical insulation that would prevent the shock from going from one person to the next. If a dog has his teeth sunk into the person, then there would be electrical connectivity.
I guess he should be charged with premeditated murder of a police officer then.
The correct response on the part of the officer is to eliminate the cause of the deathgrip.
I can see many people here have never been bitten by an animal. Time you learned. My mother-in-law has a Chihuahua with a very vile temper. She's afraid she might pass on to the great beyond before it's time for the dog to go so she's offered it to me as a gift.
I am willing to stake you out in my front yard and turn my new, and very vile, Chihuahua loose on you. Then you will know.
All that voltage works on the nervous system.
If it were enough to transfer to another person, I’d think it would have a more devastating effect than circuit interruption of the CNS.
I spend more time in the checkout line paying for a plush toy than Ranger spends destroying them. He's strictly a Kong dog these days.
Wow, even as an inveterate dog lover, I have to admit that this one is a tough call. One thing I will say, however, is that it seems to me that if the dog bit the cop, it would have simply latched on and let go. I had a Doberman who would occasionally bite people (most of whom deserved it), and his MO was simply to snap down and let go. If the police dog did that, I don’t know why he had to be shot.
Taser will only apply current between the two probes. If it’s a 50,000 volt shock, one probe is 25,000 volts positive and the other is 25,000 volts negative. That means it’s 25,000 volts MORE negative than ground, so the current will flow to that probe and not try to go to ground through another path (or person)
Since when are police dogs trained to just bite?
They’re trained to restrain.
That means grabbing on and not letting go until the command is received.
If the dog won’t do that, you’re in a world of hurt.
Right answer partner. Most likely the officer had his weapon drawn when he was attacked by the dog. When you are attacked by a dog, even in training, and the dog wouldn’t release when commanded by his handler, you don’t have much choice but to use what you have at hand.
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