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Cop investigating burglary report kills dog at wrong address
AP ^ | Apr 30, 9:45 AM EDT | Staff

Posted on 04/30/2015 8:18:30 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s

A police officer investigating a report of a burglary in northern New Jersey went to the wrong address and killed a dog that lunged at him.

Wyckoff police received a report of a possible break-in at 621 Lawlins Road on Wednesday.

Police Chief Benjamin Fox tells The Record ( http://bit.ly/1bYaZVi ) newspaper that Officer Kyle Ferreira went to 622 Lawlins by mistake.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: dogs; donutwatch; jbt; police
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To: UCANSEE2

If not for being at the wrong place, his ankle would not have gotten nibbled.
Due diligence and simply checking where he was supposed to go would have prevented that.


21 posted on 04/30/2015 9:22:35 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: longfellow

No justice, no peace!

22 posted on 04/30/2015 9:28:33 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: ChildOfThe60s

The cop clearly messed up. He was supposed to kill the dog at the correct address...


23 posted on 04/30/2015 9:32:06 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: BlueMondaySkipper

LOL


24 posted on 04/30/2015 9:38:37 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: UCANSEE2
If the officer was your dad, your husband, your son, would you not want him to come home safe?

Of course. My daughter was a cop. She's also way too smart & attentive to detail to make such an error as going to the wrong address on the wrong side of the street.

We are also thankful that she decided not to make a career of LE. Property appraisal is so much less stressful to a parent. /smile

25 posted on 04/30/2015 9:46:48 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Mount Athos
The cop went to the wrong address, the dog was doing his job guarding his home, the dog lost his life because the cop went to the wrong address(seems to happen an awful lot) and he says the dog lunged at him, dog dead, but the cop is safe. This story plays out way too much nowaday.

What justification is there for a cop to stand there and let himself get shredded by dogs?

Well thank goodness we always have the cops word for justification! We all know that no cop ever overreacts or lies to cover his a$$. And no I don't demonize every police officer........but I don't defend all their actions either.

26 posted on 04/30/2015 10:06:13 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

My experience as well. They have an undeserved reputation caused by ignorant a/d/or uncaring owners. And I understand there are exceptions with most animals including peeps.


27 posted on 04/30/2015 10:49:23 AM PDT by mcshot (I pray someone comes forth with the strength, fortitude and burning desire to save our Republic)
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To: Mount Athos

Goodness sakes! Really? That’s a 0-60 exaggeration at warp speed.


28 posted on 04/30/2015 11:01:37 AM PDT by mcshot (I pray someone comes forth with the strength, fortitude and burning desire to save our Republic)
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To: Mount Athos

I’d like to see the pitties rip the intruder’s throat out, no matter what the thug was wearing.


29 posted on 04/30/2015 12:19:44 PM PDT by Don W ( When most riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When Whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: aimhigh

Point well taken. Different standards for different folks.

Since the cop can legally shoot people & the bondsman can’t, logic would dictate that the cop be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.


30 posted on 04/30/2015 1:19:05 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Sans-Culotte

I can’t fault the dog. Let’s try to answer this one. I was walking home from the bar, at least partially intoxicated, break into the wrong house, the dog bites me, I pull out a gun and shoot him. Would I be in trouble? Is a drunken fool held to a higher standard of common sense than an on-duty policeman, then?


31 posted on 04/30/2015 1:20:49 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: Uncle Miltie
JBTS Alert!

Don't be ridiculous.

The cops were in the wrong. Wrong house.

However, once the dog had the cop by the ankle there was only one obvious outcome.

It is wrong that an innocent dog was killed. In most of these cases the dog that gets shot isn't even attacking. Those cases bother me more than this one where the dog did attack. Plus, it wasn't a screwed up drug bust, it was a reported home invasion.

However, none of that negates the fact that police officers are human beings and have people who care about them and want them to come home safe. It's true just as it's true that your family wants the same.

32 posted on 04/30/2015 10:45:50 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
The cop essentially burglarized the home and the dog did his job.

True. But if the dog was biting through your ankle and you were licensed to carry a gun, (even though you had just made a mistake), would you shoot the dog to save your leg or life ?

33 posted on 04/30/2015 10:48:15 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Your point seems to be that the officer was in the ‘wrong’.

Of course.

This incident should not have happened... but it did.
Once it did, the officer had to shoot the dog in self defense. I find this much different than the cases where the cops shoot the dog out of spite, or before they break in.

He had no other choice. Now he has to (or should have to) deal with the consequences of his mistake.


34 posted on 04/30/2015 10:58:16 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Lurker

Gawd, that is not what I am saying.

The issue I was discussing was that the cop had to shoot the dog after it attacked him , even though it was the cop’s mistake that caused it.

Had he shot the dog for a different reason, I would be more concerned.

Cops are human, and like everyone else, they aren’t perfect. How many times, during a home break in call, have they gone to the wrong address ?


35 posted on 04/30/2015 11:03:36 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Mount Athos
But you’re totally wrong when you say there is no justification.

He didn't say that. Why are you saying he did?

36 posted on 04/30/2015 11:06:20 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: ChildOfThe60s
The cop went to the wrong address, he was given the correct address. That mistake was his.

That is an assumption and not a fact.

For all you know, the dispatcher could have gotten it wrong, or it was garbled during radio transmission. I was recently listening to the Baltimore police scanner, and I'm surprised that this doesn't happen more often. Over and over I heard requests to 'repeat information'. Even if you are correct, there is no evidence in the article stating that. The police chief says they went to the wrong address. He doesn't state how that happened.

37 posted on 04/30/2015 11:09:53 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Ken H

What you are saying isn’t true, reread message 15.


38 posted on 04/30/2015 11:25:54 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: Mount Athos
What you are saying isn’t true, reread message 15.

You keep ignoring the fact that he said => 'when there is no justification'.

That is not the same as saying => 'there is no justification'.

Do you see the difference?

39 posted on 05/01/2015 12:06:20 AM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

The only thing clear is that you are misrepresenting the earlier conversation completely and adding nothing to the discussion.

But hey we all have our off days.


40 posted on 05/01/2015 12:35:34 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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