Police Respond to Vicious Dog in Baltimore City

ModifiedK9.com ^ | May 20, 2012 | unknown

[Daffynition]

Hey,

I'm a Police Officer in Baltimore City. I am originally from Wilkes-Barre, and I am a fan of your organization and Pit Bulls. Today I received a call while on duty about a vicious dog chasing kids. When I came on the scene, I noticed people yelling out their windows at the dog. I followed the dog into an ally to see how it was acting. Going on my own approach, being a dog lover, I got out of my car and called the "vicious dog" over to me. The dog came over with it's tail between it's legs and panting. I grabbed my water bottle and the dog sat down next to me and began licking my pants. I started giving the dog water. I brought the dog over and waited for the pound to show up. My partner was not a fan of dogs and was startled by my approach. I suggested to him that this dog cannot be put down, and should be taken to a shelter. We took it upon ourselves to take the dog to the shelter, and transported it in the back seat in the back of our patrol car. Then I decided that I wanted to keep the dog, and spoke to the shelter about the steps to take to adopt it. The dog was originally kept outside and was filthy, and now it just might have a new home. I know you like positive pictures so I have attached a few. Have a great day and keep up the good work!

Officer Dan Waskiewicz Baltimore City Police

[Daffynition]

Unique story. Unique cop.

[Ronin]

There are still some real, old fashioned, GOOD cops out there!

Nice to read.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

“My partner was not a fan of dogs and was startled by my approach.”

Because his partner’s “approach” would have involved the use of a firearm, I bet!

[Titan Magroyne]

Thank you, Officer Dan!

I work with a young guy, aspiring police officer, who would likely do the same thing.

[smokingfrog]

Damn it! We pay you to shoot dogs, not to transport them in your cruiser like some taxi service!

/sarc

[Daffynition]

Which is why this story is so unusual. :)

[Salamander]

What a beautiful dog.

God bless that cop.

[semaj]

A rarity, a cop exercising intelligence, compassion and humanity. We need more like him.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ping!

[KingLudd]

Betcha $5 Officer Dan ends up having trouble with this dog. He’ll probably leave it in a chain link box in his back yard all day while he’s working.

[Tainan]

Betcha $5 Officer Dan ends up having trouble with this dog. He’ll probably leave it in a chain link box in his back yard all day while he’s working.

Are you still stealing hubcaps off of moving vehicles?

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

It isn’t a rarity....it just goes as unreported as the number of planes landing safely each day.

[Portcall24]

There are many many of them out there protecting us every day and get little or no recognition for the job they do and the risks they take.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

In our old neighborhood, we were walking our dogs on their leashes and one of our neighbors called out to us. She lived two doors down so we dropped one leash so our dog could run up to her and be lavished with petting, hugs and kisses. Our neighbor had a visitor- a fat, mannish lady cop. who was standing right next to our neighbor. When the cop saw our fat, ecstatic, flatulent, drooling basset bouncing up to our neighbor and roll over on his back to get his belly scratched, she had her hand on her gun. She didn’t pull it out of the holster but still. She was in a stance with her legs apart and looked to be at the ready.

I feel for all those families who have had their dogs killed by overzealous and very often wrong policemen. This story about this policeman is amazing and one that I wish were repeated in life more often.

[semaj]

"It isn’t a rarity....it just goes as unreported as the number of planes landing safely each day."

My personal experience in dealing with cops has left me somewhat wary of them, so I'll have to take your word on it and hope that you are correct.

[triSranch]

The fable of the scorpion and the frog.
It goes like this:

[UncleSam]

Yum, Yum, you are a salty one!

[Travis McGee]

Wow, he gave up the chance to test fire his Glock against living flesh! Good cop! Good!

[prof.h.mandingo]

There are still a lot of good cops out there.
One problem I see (former State LEO and adult probation officer)is the training. There is much more emphasis on what I call RoBOCoP training. Many young officers look like “Arnold” with the craze for body building. Some around here actually look like they are on steroids. That would explain the aggression.
We had a couple like that about 35 years ago but it was rare.
Also with all the Homeland Security idiots running around it increases their level of paranoia.
I understand times are different but even back then I was a half second from having to shoot. Thank God I didn't have to but I would have and not lost sleep over it.
Most cops back then had more common sense. We had some gung-ho types but we always told them to join the Army if they wanted to act like that. We were trained to DEFUSE a situation not make it worse.
Some of that may have been from being on the road alone with no help for miles. That dog looks just like one that came up to our house about a year ago. Sweetest dog we ever had. She wags her tail and her whole butt shakes. The vets. lover her.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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