Posted on 06/20/2025 8:07:50 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
I support the cop and car / dog owner.
Stupid cop.
Natural law.
Of course you do. Let the dog die, so then the cops can arrest the dog owner....
To even get this in front of a jury you’d need a prosecutor as dumb as the cop.
> What a jerk this cop is. He has zero empathy for dogs locked in cars 90+ degrees outside. <
Your mileage may vary. But in my experience, 85% of cops range from adequate to exceptional.
What about the other 15%? They are somewhere between trash and evil. Their arrogance ruins the reputation of the entire profession.
This cop is firmly in that 15%.
However, she would have been totally justified breaking the window.
I saw the same thing and called cops. The dispatcher told me to watch the dogs until cop got there, I rolled the window down though. The dogs were lying on the floor panting. Cop took about 10 minutes. Cop called owner on phone, no answer so he took the dogs to the pound.
Crimes traditionally required criminal intent. The Good Samaritan had none. If some damage had been done, the owner could have demanded reparations, but there was no harm done. This cop needs to find better ways to make his monthly quota of charged crimes.
But, the dog owner would get a slap on the wrist,
The dog looked sort of young, like a 2 or 3 yr old.
Some dogs that age are not used to dealing with prolonged thirst. Such a dog is going to hyperventilate, open mouthed, making his mouth feel even more dry and more thirsty.
The owner is not likely to press any charges, and probably wishes this entire event would just go away.
A few years ago we had a wildfire threatening my neighborhood. My next door neighbor had a dog she kept indoors. As the fire got closer to our area I called my neighbor at work and had her called out of a meeting. I asked about the dog and she told me that she had him boarded away from home because of the chance of fire. I told her, “If the fire got into our neighborhood I was going to bust down her front door and get the dog.” She thanked me.
Press charges for what? What’s the criminal intent considering the woman who opened the door told police exactly what was happening when she called, and explain why she did it prior to police arriving on scene?
Hes the kind of cop who would kill a k-9 dog by leaving it in his squad on a hot day.
I would have supported Vella. And if upon arrival, I found that the dogs were suffering, the the windows were up and the doors were locked, I would have smashed a window myself.
Problem is, you dont know which kind you are going to get, so its in your own best interest to assume they are bad ones.
> Crimes traditionally required criminal intent. <
Yes. And another way to look at it is to apply the “reasonable person” standard.
Would a reasonable person be expected to open that car to help that dog? You betcha.
The woman did good.
The cop needs to be reassigned to picking up garbage in some city park. But not forever. Maybe just until he gets his mind right. A year ought to do.
The cop is a moron.
> Problem is, you don’t know which kind [of cop] you are going to get, so it’s in your own best interest to assume they are bad ones. <
Sadly, you are quite correct. A bad plumber can make a house leak worse. But a bad cop can absolutely (and casually) destroy your entire world.
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