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Police chief of Parowan charged in dog's shooting
deseret news ^ | March 14, 2011 | Pat Reavy

Posted on 03/31/2011 8:08:51 AM PDT by Immerito

PAROWAN — The police chief of Parowan has been charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the killing of a dog, according to the city's mayor.

Mayor Donald Landes said he believed the charges were related to the shooting last July of a loose dog that Chief Preston Griffiths had determined to be "vicious."

Griffiths, 43, was charged last week in Iron County's 5th District Court with official misconduct, a class B misdemeanor, and obstruction of justice, a class A misdemeanor. He was served Friday with a summons to appear in court March 22.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; donutwatch; labmix; parowan; utah
Cop shoots dog. Cop lies, REPEATEDLY to the owner, then confesses to shooting the dog.
1 posted on 03/31/2011 8:08:56 AM PDT by Immerito
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To: Immerito

Here is the background, along with the chief’s admission to the owner that he shot her dog:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51438238-76/dog-burton-chief-griffiths.html.csp

Now the chief is pleading “Not guilty” http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51525340-76/dog-griffiths-allegedly-case.html.csp


2 posted on 03/31/2011 8:10:03 AM PDT by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: Immerito

Had it been my dog the cop would have been served the papers posthumously.


3 posted on 03/31/2011 8:37:37 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Immerito
Cop lies, REPEATEDLY

There's two types of cops in this world --those who've been caught in their lies and those who have yet to be caught.

4 posted on 03/31/2011 8:45:52 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Governement should be afraid of the people)
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To: catnipman

Please everyone, note that “Immerito” is a troll who posts nothing but anti-cop posts. He apparently spends all his time searching the net for these obscure incidents. Frequently he posts anti-cop articles from known socialist organs.

Please just ignore his posts.


5 posted on 03/31/2011 10:23:15 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the right stuff!)
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To: Oldpuppymax

And you’d rightfully be convicted of capital murder. But we know you’re kidding.


6 posted on 03/31/2011 10:36:45 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: catnipman

“Please everyone, note that “Immerito” is a troll who posts nothing but anti-cop posts.”

Demonstrably incorrect as looking at my posts today alone will avow.

Is it “anti-cop” to strongly disapprove of a police chief who lies to one of the citizens whom he must serve? To disapprove of a police chief who broke his own department’s code of conduct?

Do you approve of police officers lying about their activities?


7 posted on 03/31/2011 10:43:50 AM PDT by Immerito (Reading Through the Bible in 90 Days)
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To: catnipman

Why should we ignore him? Apparently what he has posted is completely accurate. This cop shot a dog, then lied about it in his official capacity.

I’ll echo what another poster said. If a cop does this to my dog there won’t be enough left of him or her to serve legal papers to.

That’ll just be Mrs. L. When I start in things will get really ugly.


8 posted on 03/31/2011 10:58:44 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: thefactor

Depends who is on the jury.


9 posted on 04/05/2011 10:36:44 PM PDT by Nate505
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