Off-duty Staten Island Port Authority cop shoots, kills neighbor's dog

Staten Island Live ^ | November 21, 2011 | John M. Annese

[Altariel]

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An off-duty Port Authority police officer shot and killed his neighbor’s Doberman in Westerleigh last night, firing a single bullet at the dog as it tangled with his own smaller pooch.

The confrontation unfolded at about 9 p.m. last night, at the intersection of Leonard and Muller avenues. The officer, whose identity has not been released as of early this morning, was walking his pug when the Mazzola family, who live at that corner, returned home from a trip to the Catskill Mountains, 23-year-old Joe Mazzola said.

[Altariel]

What a shame. The doberman hadn't harmed the pug and was on its own property.

To make matters worse, the dog's owner was nearly shot trying to get to his dog.

This is a situation where common sense and reason should have prevailed.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The cops only regret is that he wasn't provided an excuse to shoot the owner.

You get time off when you shoot somebody.

[WayneS]

Common sense? Reason?

What are those?

...

[Molon Labbie]

Yep, that officer would get some time in the street if I was his supervisor.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

As Orwell stated, some pugs are more equal than other pugs. In this case, ownership by a ULEO elevates the pug to near-police status. H*ll, he even got to sit in the patrol car.

[Da Coyote]

“...In this case, ownership by a ULEO elevates the pug to near-police status. H*ll, he even got to sit in the patrol car.”

I have it on inside information that a pug actually is a member of the “Men in Black” team.

Probably a rumor, though.

[CrazyIvan]

That dog looks every bit as ferocious as my 115lb. Newfy mix, the one that the kittens sleep on. What a stupid move,
and what a heartbreak for the owners.

[muawiyah]

New Yorkers should probably all be forcibly disarmed and made to turn in their dogs as well.

That would end this sort of squabble. I say if New Yorkers gotta kill something they be forced to use ball bats or something ~ and limit it to the neighborhood.

[LaRueLaDue]

That’s what happens when you give idiots a job where they carry and and can use a firearm. If they don’t “use it enough” they will find a way to use it... It’s the old “all problems look like nails if you have a hammer” aphorism...

[nonsporting]

The doberman hadn't harmed the pug and was on its own property.

The article doesn't say where the dog was when it was shot. It's unclear.

[jpa2011]

I’m happy to hear it was a pug this unleashed dog got frisky with and not my daughter that usually plays on the front lawn officers like that should be rewarded