Here they are cutting the ceremonial Ribbon of Accountability.
Posted on 01/24/2003 10:48:02 AM PST by jodorowsky
But Marcie Carroll, whose apartment was mistakenly raided by police, was upset to learn Bear, her six-year-old German shepherd, was shot four times by police, not once as they first told her.
"She has had an opportunity to learn things . . . she has not known and that quite frankly deeply disturbed and troubled her," her lawyer, Faisal Joseph, said after a news conference at police headquarters.
The most disturbing information for Carroll, said Joseph, was learning Bear was shot four times with an MP5, a mini machine-gun.
Deputy police chief Tony McGowan's report concludes the officer shot Bear for the fourth time "to end Bear's suffering."
Joseph said he also found it disturbing police acted on four-month-old information -- the address of the drug dealer they were seeking -- without reverifying it.
Carroll moved into the Oxford Street apartment in September. The report said police had last checked if the dealer lived there July 20.
"One of the things that appears to have been the cause for what occurred . . . is the information . . . given by the informant was faulty and the police relied on it," Joseph said.
But McGowan said in his report a four-month delay in acting on the information "was reasonable."
His report also said some London officers, not those involved in the drug raid, knew the suspect no longer lived there, but had made no record of it. McGowan concludes in the report the officers were not guilty of misconduct.
"Given the circumstances, there is no evidence to suggest a marked departure from professional police practices," said police Chief Brian Collins, reading from a prepared statement at the news conference. Joseph said Carroll will not appeal the decision to a civil commission, but will begin a civil suit seeking compensation.
Carroll has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and hasn't been able to return to work or her apartment.
Other points in the report:
- Collins said officers were forced to shoot Bear after the animal kept "barking and running toward them."
- Officers could not subdue Bear with a CO2 fire extinguisher.
- Police entered Carroll's apartment armed with one MP5, Glock pistols, the CO2 fire extinguisher, a dog snare, a one-person ram and a taser gun.
At the news conference, Collins attributed Bear's teeth being knocked out to his gunshot wounds.
That's a point on which Joseph and the police chief disagree.
Joseph said investigators at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto could not determine what knocked out Bear's teeth.
Carroll was disappointed she didn't find out which officer shot her dog.
In the report, McGowan said he won't name the shooter lest he and his family are subjected to "the wrath of extremist animal rights activists."
But Carroll wants an apology from the shooter.
"That's important to her because she wants to have some sense that the person that did kill her dog can empathize and sympathize," Joseph said.
In the last five years, before Bear was shot, police had killed six dogs during drug raids, said Const. Paul Martin.
Or, the wrath of people who don't like uppity, incompetent glorified security guards muscling into apartments and killing peoples' pets.
If not, they have an enemy for life.
So in his town "professional police practices" are breaking and entering into the wrong home and murdering people's pets?
Looks like London is a good place NOT to live.
If it shoots rifle bullets it's a machinegun.
If it shoots pistol bullets (like the MP-5) it's a submachinegun
Not a "mini-machinegun".
Are these people genuinely too stupid to get simple terminology right, or do they play dumb when writing about guns to present an image of bored disinterest?
Give them a call and point out that, given the Police Chief's statement that breaking and entering into the wrong home and murdering people's pets are professional police practices, London is not a place to live.
Demonstrating once again that WOD-work attracts the dregs of law enforcement.
A question for dog owners......I have raised many a dog. I have never seen a dog bark and run at someone at the same time. A dog will stand, hold it's ground and bark. It will never do both at the same time as our alway's truthful servants claimed.
"High fives all around"
Thank you very much!
Folks, please freep our clotheshorse mayor Anne-Marie De Cicco. I am sure she would love to know that this is getting worldwide publicity for the Forest City. ;)
I would do it myself, but I have a rather aggressive cat.
The corruption of city council is a whole other long story ;) But it's the same everywhere, I'm sure.
Voicemail.....A gubmint employee's best friend.
I'm off to a pay phone.
Also, it looks like the London police are too busy acting on 4-month old information to put an email contact address up on their website.
Shooting or harming my dogs, livestock, or children would mean an exeption from the four year rule, and the four second rule would kick in. Regardless of the consequences.
Nothing clears a stranger from your property faster than a 250lb. Ram. I've got ten of them right now. Last week one got loose and took a dislike to the tractor I was riding. He took a head-on to my front end, shoving the radiator right thru the fan, crushed the grill, and came back for seconds on the tires.
When a dog becomes trained to use a dog-door, they will hit it at warp speed, especially if they are in a good mood. Well we have several dogs. Our Black Lab was coming out while the Shepherd was coming in. The impact snapped his neck and killed him instantly. Our vet told me it happens pretty frequently, and that the dog with the longest neck will be the one who has his neck shatter. The shorter the neck the less likely.
Watch out for dog-doors.
Here they are cutting the ceremonial Ribbon of Accountability.
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