Not even safe in your own gated yard.
“Hernandez was told that the city considers a dog property, and the city is not responsible for property damage.”
So the police can burn you house down as innocent third party and you have no recourse. Nice.
Apparently it never occurred to the officer that had a criminal BEEN in the yard, the dog would be confronting it. Therefore, the cop had NO lawful reason to be in Hernandez’s yard.
Fortunately, the lab survived.
Good dog.
Never call the cops if you have a dog. Isn’t that sad?
“Hernandez was told that the city considers a dog property, and the city is not responsible for property damage.”
If a cop runs into a yard with a dog, it is proper for the dog to protect his property. The dog doesn’t know.
Maybe if the city were responsible for a few thousand dollars worth of vet bills, and a lawsuit or two, the cops might think before they chase a chihuahua into the kennel and kill her or shoot an elderly lab in the backyard.
And that, folks, is why our gates are padlocked shut at all times.