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.
And I'm AMAZED that you've gotten the responses you have!
I agree with you on NOT tying up a dog!!!
We really don’t know if the cop went into the house, he may have. Has happened before, just recently there was a thread here about a dog being shot inside an apartment by a cop that had the wrong place.
Thing is I have seen people responsibly tie dogs out, I have seen people responsibly kennel dogs, and responsibly keep dogs in their home. The key is responsible- I have also seen owners neglect and mistreat dogs horribly in many places even inside their home. I take exception to the idea that “this” is always right and “that” is always wrong. Depends on the situation and we don’t know the situation here. The dog appears to be well cared for so without knowing more about how it is really kept and why I will not judge her for that.