There have been way too many dogs shot at the hands of cops. I don't know that I agree with you in this instance. From the article:
"Brewer said the dog “charged the animal control officer” after officers knocked, startling the animal control officer and forcing him to fall off the porch on his back, hitting his head. “The animal control officer tried to kick the dog away,” said Brewer. “The dog lunged in the air toward the animal control officer and the patrol officer standing by shot the animal.”
So, the animal control guy was on his back and the dog was apparently attacking him (or "playing roughly" as its owner would say). I don't blame them for shooting the dog. Yeah, they may have been able to avoid shooting, but I blame the owner who seems to have been quite nonchalant about his dog's comings and goings and rough playing.
My dog was attacked a couple of months ago by two large dogs, one of which was a German Shepherd. I'm walking my dog on his leash down the sidewalk when two large dogs come bounding out of the front door of the house we were passing. One grabbed onto my dog's collar, and the GS had hold of his leg. I had my concealed .38 in my pocket and had it halfway out of my pocket (I have shot a dog that attacked my dog in the past). Fortunately, I was abled to fight off the dogs by kicking and screaming until the owner eventually came out of his front door. He had the same piss-poor attitude as the owner in the story. Didn't ask if my dog and I were alright. Just said "sorry, man, they just got out", as if it was the dogs' fault and not his. There are way too many people with large dogs who have a half-assed attitude about keeping them under control. I was able to avoid shooting the dogs, but I would not have had any problem shooting them if the situation got out of control and I had not gotten them to release my dog (a much smaller corgi)
My advice would be anyone stupid enough to let their dog to run out unleashed out onto public streets, sidewalks, and or allow them to wander around unleashed, need to be sued but good if they’re dog causes harm. It’s don’t matter if the dog got out on it’s own or whatever.
I can assure you, you will win your case. Small claims in CA are now good for 10K.
Stupid people need the s**t sued out of them. It’s much more lucrative than kicking the s**t out of them.