Iowa Cop Shoots Dog

[kodis556]

I would not only like to know why he got out when he did, but why he got out at all. It appears he had no business there. Why get out? He told them to put the dog on a leash, they were complying, then he decides to get out. Why?

Refer to my previous comment about MOST people not understanding canine behavior. He should have stayed in the car until the dog was secured, period. The second he approached the dog, the dog could smell the fear/insecurity/anger coming off of him.

My dogs can tell if someone's scared of them from 50 feet away. They are trained to come sit at my feet quietly if they sense this. Not all dogs are trained this way, that's why it's up to the HUMAN to know better how to behave.

 

[Gixxer]

Exactly right! The owners are to blame. It's way too easy to blame the cop.

What could a responsible dog owner have done? Many more things than a cop could have done
1) Invisible fence collar?
2) Leash?
3) Tell the cop to wait, let me put my dogs away if you are coming onto my property?
4) Grab the dog?
5) Tell the kids to grab the dog?

I used to work delivery when I was younger. I know that as I go through my routes, I step onto different properties and carry the scent to others. It's only once a Bull Terrier crashed through a screen fence when I rang a door bell. I knew my days were numbered. The worst ones were the little dogs that people always say...they dont bite...and they DO. Been bitten more than once.

Did you not watch the body cam? Dog never bit. Shooting completely unjustified. pepper spray? baton? Sure, maybe. Not gunshot.

Owners bear the responsibility for what their pets do, absolutely. But the entire situation was created and escalated by the cop. End of story.

Remove the cop from the scenario: Dog is alive, kids and mom not endangered by gunfire, cop still unbitten. 3 rounds of 9mm unused.

Maybe something down the line something else could have happened but that is pure speculation. Go off of the facts of what took place and the only catalyst for this entire situation is the Officer creating a bad situation and making it worse all the way to the end.

 

[outdoor82]

3) Tell the cop to wait, let me put my dogs away if you are coming onto my property?

Haha what world are you living in where you can tell a cop to wait

 

[Asbestos]

I don’t feel like the onus is on general society to know how to behave around my dog. But police officers, firemen and postal carriers aren’t the general society.

 

[cskiles]

Maybe I’m just remembering the world as different than it is now, but I can’t imagine a police officer from the 70’s or 80’s shooting that dog.
Maybe kicking the **** out of it, but shooting it, nope.

Circa 1985 or so, I was about 14 yrs old. There was a drugstore across the street from my house that I frequented for Cokes and what-not. Friends and I walked out of the store one day and there was a rattle snake in the parking lot, we were standing around it (as kids do) and a LEO pulls through the parking lot. As he approached us he saw the snake, stopped the car, and un-holstered his weapon. Mind you, there were three of us standing in a 5/6' circle around the snake, on a concrete parking lot and he was going to shoot the snake, he was absolutely scared sh!tless! I scooted around to his side (as did my friends) out of the line of fire, it wasn't until a grown man walked out of the store and asked him what in the hell he was doing, that he holstered his weapon.

Moral of the story - wearing a badge does not make someone a good critical thinker or capable of handling a stressful situation, let alone make them ethical and fair...some people are just not fit to 'serve and protect'.

 

[Deleted member 97214]

the responsibility to get bitten? you lost ur mind bro

The responsibility to be able to tell when you need to discharge your firearm and when theres another option.

The problem is when you have the authority and freedom to do so without repercussions, like this cop, its always one of the first choices...

 

[Nuke And Juke]

The responsibility to be able to tell when you need to discharge your firearm and when theres another option.
The problem is when you have the authority and freedom to do so without repercussions, like this cop, its always one of the first choices...

Did you not watch the body cam? Dog never bit. Shooting completely unjustified. pepper spray? baton? Sure, maybe. Not gunshot.

Ummm...Wrong Fellas...You dont need to argue with me on this. This is the policy put forth by National Sheriff's Association and adopted by "Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police."

Human life will always take priority over animals. Deadly force is authorized only if the potential for receiving injury from the animal is imminent.

So yeah, as long as we talking about Georgia...I agree with the policy.

https://www.sheriffs.org/sites/default/files/GACP%20Use%20of%20Force%20-%20Animals.docx

 

[Deleted member 97214]

I got bit by a doberman at a pool party when i was in the 7th grade. I was the only dude there, just me and a bunch of chicks. I guess i looked kind of like the neighbors kid who apparently antagonized the dog constantly. 17 stitches and permanent scarring.

Still wouldnt (dont feel the fear to) shoot a dog. Maybe if 6 or 8 of them came at me, but i feel pretty confident about fending off something that weighs 100lbs less than me...

 

[Deleted member 97214]

Deadly force is authorized only if the potential for receiving injury from the animal is imminent.

Yea thats a pretty grey area. Too bad they didnt get footage of the dog mauling the guy.

Oh **** thats right - it didnt.

 

[Deleted member 97214]

Policies be damned. If you shoot a dog you're a chicken****.