Posted on 04/27/2014 10:11:09 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
Fixed that for ya.
“But the very idea that a cop on the job should have to go hide in his car is laughable.”
I bet if he thought there was a threat he couldn’t have just killed he would have found a workaround that didn’t involve getting out of his cruiser.
She was a healer not a frickin Great Pyranese! They definetly won’t back down and would chase whatever the threat was down.
Maybe because the owner had just been robbed, was about 40 yards away waiting for the law to arrive. And maybe needed to be alerted?? I don’t know, that’s just crazy me thinking out loud.
This happened in my neck of the woods, so I have been following this story pretty closely. The deputy stated he had been bit by a dog a couple of years back and didn’t intend to be bitten again. He was jumpy about dogs. Since he was on what was in essence, an administrative call, not a “crime in progress” call...he could have absolutely waited in the car until the owner got there. The owner was honking his tractor horn to let the deputy know he was coming. He was within range of the house.
Rural areas differ greatly from urban areas as I’m sure you know. The deputy was a new hire and has admitted he was poorly trained...or at least copped (no pun intended) that plea as an excuse.
The deputy needed to be fired. He was a Barney Fife wannabe, imo. I have no problem with LEO. They provide a valuable service with little appreciation and low pay (especially around here). But once this type of thing starts, it’s downhill all the way. It needed to be nipped in the bud.
How can the dog threaten you while you are in your car?
This is not Cujo.
That won't help. I remember a story last year about a cop killing a dog who was closed up exactly as you said. The dog was apparently making a racket and the JBT opened the door, claimed the dog lunged at him and killed it dead. I think it was a poodle, but I might be wrong about that.
Well, many believe that letting a cop in your home without a search warrant is asking for trouble.
Quite true. I don't think the lady in the case in question had a choice.
Fine. He gets a Jury Trial in Rains County, Texas but only if he pays all costs if he loses.
Until then, I call BS.
DRooley
Because he and the dog have work to do? Because he would expect a visitor to refrain from destroying his property? Because most people are not cowardly brutes with low impulse control like the donut gobbler?
because any reasonable person invited to the property would expect the owner to control his dog or put the dog up where it would pose no threat or harm...
the dog jumped out of the truck bed to go after the officer...
if that was the owner’s idea of putting the dog up ...the owner failed the dog and the dog failed his training
Go back and rewatch the dashcam video, the dog crossed the red line just before it jumped out of the bed of the truck. It was the dog that had no impulse control.
This is a totally different scenario than when the cop shot the service dog that ran up to greet him. The cop that shot the service dog should have been fired.
A review of incidents in Melbourne where a dog bit, rushed at or chased a person or animal in a public space, found that there were sixty breeds involved and the German Shepherd and German Shepherd crosses, and Australian Cattle Dog and Cattle Dog (AKA Blue Heelers/ Red Heelers) crosses accounted for 9% of incidents. Surveys of U.S. breed club members showed that both dog-directed aggression and stranger-directed aggression were higher in the ACD than the average of breeds studied, with dog-directed aggression being the more prevalent of the two aggression types. The American Temperament Test Society reports a test pass rate of 79.3% for Australian Cattle Dogs. The average pass rate for all breeds combined is 80.4%.
Cattle dogs are known to have powerful jaws as a breed characteristic.
I am glad to see that you at least recognize the fact a good cattle dog won’t back down either.
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