[Jet Jaguar]

That’s crap.

Big money to the family of the pet won’t make it any better.

But, at least the PD will think hard and heavy before doing this sort of thing again.

[driftdiver]

“But, at least the PD will think hard and heavy before doing this sort of thing again.”

Probably no old ladies to taze that day.

[Still Thinking]

And it should be personal money, not taxpayer money to pay the injured taxpayers. This doesn’t appear, from the details we’ve been given, to be a reasonable line-of-duty mistake. PERSONAL LIABILITY.

[arthurus]

at least the PD will think hard and heavy before doing this sort of thing again.

No, they won't. They will just counsel the officers to either try to call the dog out of the yard to be shot or to arrest the dog owner for something after shooting the dog.

[absolootezer0]

But, at least the PD will think hard and heavy before doing this sort of thing again.

you aren't naive enough to actually believe that are you?
the parent is lucky to know that it even happened. if the cops had used the typical mp5 dog killing gun, the kids probably would've been the ones to find it swiss cheesed in the yard.