[decimon]

Is it in their training to take no chances with dogs? There has to be some better procedure than this.

[eastforker]

Lately what I have seen, most metro cops are a bunch of girly men. Thanks to affirmative action and the lowering of test scores for admission.

[johnfrink]

"Is it in their training to take no chances with dogs?"

It is in their training to evaluate a threat and respond with deadly force. The problem here is that they stupidly went to the wrong house to begin with, and so were at a higher level of precaution. So had they done what they were supposed to do, that "threat" would never have materialized.

From a heartstrings-tugging perspective, the death of the dog is the bad part of the story, but from a "that could have been you" perspective, it's the facts that the idiot cop went to the friggin' wrong address. How many times has this happened--cop goes to wrong address, kicks down door, owner grabs gun, thinking he's being robbed, and cop shoots owner? I'd say this is a fire-able offense, no doubt about it.

[Freedom2specul8]

My daughter was home alone one time....and the garage door opened by itself. She let our rottweiler inside...and searched the house. She found a door open, and it appeared that someone was inside and left through the garage. During this, she dialed 911 who told her to leave the house and wait for the cops. She was so frightened, she forgot to tell the younger cop that the rottie was still inside the house. She said the next thing she knew was the cop was running for his life out the front door. I have to thank God he didn't get bit, and the dog didn't get shot. WHEW.. I can only imagine the look on the cop's face. I have to think IGNORANCE wrt:the above story though. Like someone else said..what kind of burglar answers the door with a big dog. I just don't understand people sometimes.