Sqt. (Mr. Ed) Schultz shot and killed his own dog.
How do these psychopaths get badges let alone keep them?
Officer Jack Boots would have been carried from my property in a bag. With a bit of luck, I could have beaten him to the draw.
This is really sad and unnecessary. I know that a lot of cops are trained to act for their own safety and they consider every dog hostile, but they should have better judgment. I have 4 dogs that bark like crazy when anyone comes to the house, but they wouldn’t hurt anyone and I could never forgive someone for shooting at them.
He’s responding to a routine copper theft call but ends up at the wrong address — yours.
Only the police and military can be trusted with guns.
Looks like a killer to me.
The irony is that you get a felony if you shoot the cop’s dog, and it’s treated just like you shot a human cop. But when he shoots your dog, he’s out $20 if he’s found to be in the wrong (big “IF”, titanic “IF”). I court, it’s treated just like he broke your vase from Pier 1.
“(who is like a child to you)”
Yep. Dog shouldn’t have been shot. Yep, the officer needs to be punished.
Nope, your dog is not like a child to you. I’ve buried a dog and I’ve buried a child. Not the same.
Prosecute the perpetrator for shooting a DOG. Leave the hyperbole.
There was a situation last August, I believe in the Pittsburg area, where a cop demanded access to a private citizens property. That citizen asked if the cop had a warrant and when he was told ‘no’, refused to allow him access to the property.
The cop called his chief who told him to kill the barking dog on the property. The cop, I believe, killed the dog and the citizen then killed the cop with a 12 gauge blast to the chest.
I believe we will start to see more reactions like this to dog-killing cops.
Sad.....RIP little fella over the Rainbow Bridge ):
Good for the Police Chief to institute a training program on how to deal with animals. At least something positive came out of this sad story.
Family dog shot by police on Christmas Eve.
Another one where the police trespassed on private party, (the wrong house) and killed the family dog.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/26/hazel-crest-cops-shoot-kill-dog-during-search-for-fugitive/
1. Dog not on a leash or chain?
2. Dog running free, even in own yard bordered by public sidewalk?
3. No fence?
4. No warning sign of protection by dog?
4. Dog not under owner’s voice control (untrained to obey)?
5. Dog rushing and barking at “invader” of property?
If the above, the policeman may have reason to defend himself, whether or not the address is a wrong one. The owner is at at least as much at fault as the officer. Collies protectively bark while herding, and their nature needs to be taken into account by the owner, not depending on the judgment of a visitor.
A Border Collie?
They don’t even make the ‘Bad Dog’ Home Owners Insurance list
What’s next - shooting Cats
(We own a Border Collie and a Cat, if you knew them you’d stay away from the cat)
OMG, what is wrong with these scum?
ANy cop doing that to one of my dogs wouldn’t leave alive.
My work takes me to ranches. Hundreds of them. They all have 2-10 dogs of various breeds and sizes, mostly cow dogs but also others. They usually bark at me but I speak dog and put them at ease and I have been nipped exactly once in 12 years and never felt threatened.
Shoot my dog, and I’ll assume I’m next and react accordingly.