She may have been at work or running errands. It depends on how accessible her yard is and a lot of other things we don’t know. We don’t know if she is in an area with no neighbors or kids. Thing is she is not the bad guy here, the cop that abused her dog is. Just a few weeks ago a cop killed a man’s dog inside his apartment. No one can directly supervise their dog 24/7 it is not possible. Cops have killed dogs with the owner standing right there so supervision is not the issue when it comes to dogs being harmed or killed by cops.
I agree if you live somewhere where others have access to your dog then it is not safe to tie one out- even stray dogs can come attack it. We don’t know her situation though we do know a cop abused her dog.
I'm really getting tired of repeating myself on this thread.
Again, if I park my car in a bad part of town (or even a good part for that matter), leave the keys in the ignition and the doors unlocked and walk away and somebody comes and steals my car, the person that steals my car is the bad guy. He is not justified in stealing my car. I'm not the bad guy, but I'm still a dumbass for leaving my car vulnerable and unattended.
You have a long litany of things "we do not know" about this situation.
I'll just give you one thing we do know about it.
We know the cop did not go in the house.