Answering alarm, Oakland police kill family dog

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 1, 2010 | Carolyn Jones

[LowTaxesEqualProsperity]

No dog is safe.

[Pollster1]

Yellow labs can be dangerous predators!

[Shannon]

ocop@oaklandnet.com

[Psalm 144]

This has to have become policy in many departments.

These reports have become routine, and in many scattered jurisdictions.

[Retired Greyhound]

That’s just a shame. C’mon cops.

One dog does not present a life threatening situation. Shooting it was totally uncalled for, and I hope this sorry excuse for a police officer gets his ass canned.

What a punk/punkette.

[Charlespg]

WTF is it with these ass*** cops shooting pets

can’t they use a catch pole or they too ***** stupid ?

[bitterohiogunclinger]

I’m afraid that if police don’t change their ways, I’m rooting for the homeowner that loses it and drops a few of them.

[triumphant values]

What I want to know is how do the other 298 million legal Americans, some of us who carry concealed 24/7/365, manage to get by day after day without shooting our neighbors' dogs.

How many dogs did the FedEx, UPS, ComEd, water meter readers and mailmen have to shoot today?

[sappy]

no riots cause the dog was white (yellow).

[Talisker]

This has to have become policy in many departments. These reports have become routine, and in many scattered jurisdictions.

Yep. Which means there is a coordinated, national police policy of slaughtering family dogs whenever even remotely feasible.

To protect police? Hardly.

To enrage and frighten the population? How is such an effect avoidable?

The questions are, who wants that effect - and why?

[RegulatorCountry]

An 11 year old arthritic female lab? No threat whatsoever.

Fire these roidheads and fire them now. They have no business even wearing a badge and clearly like to play with their guns inappropriately.

[ClearCase_guy]

People should shoot back.

[PapaBear3625]

Yep. Which means there is a coordinated, national police policy of slaughtering family dogs whenever even remotely feasible. To protect police? Hardly.

Police are not willing to risk injury. Police depts don't like paying workmens comp over one of their cops getting bit. Shooting the dog is costless to the police. Perhaps that should change?

[STE=Q]

The dog, police said, growled and barked at them.

There is powerful pepper spray on the market, that will easily disable an aggressive dog.

I am usually on the side of the police, but this post has been self edited, if you get my meaning.

STE=Q

[GnuHere]

They manage to use beanbags for humans, why do they have to shoot an innocent, elderly dog protecting her territory, no doubt? GAAHH!!! Poor dear thing.

[Czar]

As local LEOs become more and more militarized with all of the latest SWAT toys, we’re going to see more and more excesses. I have nothing but contempt for any cop that shoots a harmless family pet. Anything they get back by way of retribution is justified.

[LostInBayport]

"Oakland police responded to your residence to investigate a burglar alarm," the handwritten note read. "While circling the rear perimeter, lab advanced on officers in a threatening manner before being shot and killed."

Might be better to disconnect the alarm system and get burgled. Perhaps the burglars will simply take a television or the silver, and not murder family members (and yes, dogs and cats are family members to millions of Americans).

Imagine coming home to your dog dead in the yard and that callous note on your door. I was raised to respect and trust police officers, but the plethora of these stories has made me begin to fear their presence for fear of my pets being killed.

[Svartalfiar]

Wait a second.. I thought the Oakland PD wasn’t responding to burglar alarms anymore? Or even a confirmed robbery in progress? Or do they only answer the calls if there’s a family dog available...?

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’d wager I could have had this pup wiggling and face licking in a half minute of dog “sweet talking”. It isn’t rocket science.

These cops sound like the “GET ON THE GROUND” screamer types.