Was this cop right or wrong? Link to video.
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Mace the dog. I think shooting should be the last resort. Most cops have to carry something that's non-lethal. I didn't watch the video. But why did the cop go into the yard? Was he chasing someone?
The cop was responding to a break in alarm, which turned out to a false alarm. The cop says the gate was locked so he climbed over it and started walking towards the house and two dogs came at him and he shot one. He had a body cam on and they show it up until the point he's about to shoot the dog, as if seeing a dog being shot would traumatize us I guess.
The lady at the house says the gate was unlocked and the cop could have opened it and then driven up to the house.
When he's responding to a break in alarm the cop of course is going to think bad stuff is going down. And then a couple psycho dogs come at him. It seems a reasonable reaction to do something but other options like mace and tazing hadn't occurred to me.
The lady at the house says the gate was unlocked and the cop could have opened it and then driven up to the house.
When he's responding to a break in alarm the cop of course is going to think bad stuff is going down. And then a couple psycho dogs come at him. It seems a reasonable reaction to do something but other options like mace and tazing hadn't occurred to me.
Would probably have fired a round or two into the ground to see if they would stop. Attempt to back out of the fence. If dog is still charging, I would have stopped it.
Daughter had a similar situation about 3AM a man knocked on her door. He wouldn't leave at her command so she called sheriff. Warned dispatcher there were dogs in back yard. Deputy responded to the call and immediately went to the back. Two great danes slept through it in the dog house. The third one, old female weighing in at excess of 150, got to rear of officer and began to growl. The high and shrill voice must have scared the dog and the officr was let into the house. Dogs are friendly, but it would take a total idiot to walk into their area. Three big ***** dogs.
Daughter had a similar situation about 3AM a man knocked on her door. He wouldn't leave at her command so she called sheriff. Warned dispatcher there were dogs in back yard. Deputy responded to the call and immediately went to the back. Two great danes slept through it in the dog house. The third one, old female weighing in at excess of 150, got to rear of officer and began to growl. The high and shrill voice must have scared the dog and the officr was let into the house. Dogs are friendly, but it would take a total idiot to walk into their area. Three big ***** dogs.
If there was a silent alarm that he was responding to and someone had actually been an intruder, those dogs would have been there, not after him. He didnt think it through.
Its a bad situation because the owner should not have had a silent alarm that police respond to while also having guard dogs. If you thought this through from the beginnnig you could see this situation as a possibility.
Its a bad situation because the owner should not have had a silent alarm that police respond to while also having guard dogs. If you thought this through from the beginnnig you could see this situation as a possibility.
What if it were a skilled intruder who was able to break into the house leaving the outside guard dogs outside. A stretch I know.
And, why not?
Better situational training and critical thinking skills would go a long way in all these police shootings.
If you own dogs and then inviite police to your house with a silent alarm you have to realize this could happen. Especially large dogs.
I think it's a tough call. The cop was doing his job, and he may have had good reason to pop that first dog in that situation. Despite the home owner's claim that he could have opened the gate and driven to the house, the results might have been the same. If the dogs ran up on him on foot, they would most likely have met him at the car too.