[Teotwawki]

from the article: very few police departments give their officers training on how to read, interact, and respond to dogs. This, despite the fact that groups like the Humane Society offer the training to any department that wants it. Postal workers, for example, do get that training, and dog attacks on postal workers are rare

At 12 I was a paperboy in Alaska where quite a few people kept dogs large enough and aggressive enough to scare the bears away from getting in their trash cans. I was challenged by dogs daily but I never had to shoot one and I never got bit. I did have to smack down a couple dogs on a regular basis. I don't see why cops have to shoot dogs so frequently.

[tomkat]

I don't see why cops have to shoot dogs so frequently

Simple, really:

We don't care .. We don't have to !

[NVDave]

Because police are now taught that their safety is paramount.

Add to this that they’ve recruited a bunch of low-IQ pussies who can’t handle themselves in the real world.

What you get is a resulting mindset of “everything is a threat that needs to be shot.”

For these clowns, life is spent imitating Cartman from South Park:

“You will respect mah authoratah!”

[PoloSec]

Because many cops don’t have 1/4 of the brains and 1/10th the courage of a 12yr old paperboy.