[Immerito]

" While searching for the suspect, two officers entered the backyard through a fence -- unaware that two dogs were on the property."

Interesting, not "walked up to the front door to talk to the homeowner", but "entered the backyard through a fence"--the actions of someone who doesn't want their presence on private property to be known.

[nascarnation]

If I was searching in that area of my old hometown, I’d likely do it in an M-1 Abrams.

[laweeks]

the actions of someone who doesn't want their presence on private property to be known.

They might have been trying to surround the house to prevent the suspected perp from taking off through the back yard . . . There was, apparently, more than one cop on the scene. The cops have a right to protect themselves from man and beast.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[calex59]

If a private citizen entered someone's back yard, woke up the dogs and shot one of them because it attacked him, that person would be facing criminal charges. These cops were trespassing without a warrant and should be charged and convicted, not only for trespassing but for killing someone's dog without cause.

Why were they sneaking around in the backyard in the first place?

[Paladin2]

Cop shoots dog while both are in back yard as perp escapes out the front door.

Is it usual in a domestic dispute (run) to approach from the rear?

[az.b1bbomberfxr]

DOG GONE!

[Immerito]

ping

[Berlin_Freeper]

Police rescue puppy from hot car

[OrangeHoof]

"Lindsay Buckingham"

Gee, times must really be tough. From Fleetwood Mac to a reporter in Cleveland?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Another dogtapper strikes.

[hinckley buzzard]

"Steve Loomis" is a union thug, a thin-skinned hot-head with a badge and a gun, and you can take whatever he says for what you think its worth. The question is why these cops didn't just go to the front door and knock.

Of course this is the same department with cops who ignored a naked dead black woman by the side of a heavily travelled highway during rush hour one morning because they "thought it was a dead deer."

BTW, the Cleveland police department does not have a meaningful psychological screening program for its applicants.

[Chode]

what the hell... i thought you posted twice till i looked at the datelines

this is getting to be a real pattern

[Ken H]

It was a golden lab, which I assume is the same as a yellow lab.