His being late had nothing to do with the dog shooting. But the very idea that a cop on the job should have to go hide in his car is laughable.
I didn’t say he had to hide in the car. I said it would have been the smart thing to do for him to stay in the car.
If he had stayed in the car he would have avoided the necessity of shooting a citizens animal. The fact that it was a trained working dog means that the animal was valuable property. It is not good public relations for a county sheriff when his officers negligently destroy valuable property.
I think the way events played out supports my argument.
I think all LEOs should think before they act. He could have thought when he arrived and saw the agitated dog in the pickup “If I get out I may have to shoot this dog.” If he had had that thought he might have stay in his car and we would never heard of him and he and the rancher would have lived their lives more happily.
My point was not that he was late. The point is that the fact that he arrived more than 2 ½ hours after the crime indicates there was no urgent need for him to exit his car.
“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.