Richland Co. K-9 attacks dog, department to pay for medical expenses

WIS TV ^ | Jun 27, 2014 | Emery Glover

[aomagrat]

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -

A Richland County Sheriff's Department K-9 attacked a dog on Wednesday.

According to Sheriff Leon Lott, the incident happened on Emsworth Drive when the K-9 jumped a fence and attacked a neighbor's dog.

[aomagrat]

Now the police dogs are getting into the act.

[Jonty30]

That’s because it is learning from the best.

[Pearls Before Swine]

At least they didn’t shoot the neighbor’s dog for resisting/fighting with a police officer. /S

[Farmer Dean]

So what happens when the K-9 jumps a fence and attacks a child?If I witness the attack can I shoot the dog without repercussions?

[Altariel]

You are a member of class C (Non-police mundane).

The dog is a member of class B (so long as it doesn’t die at the hands of a member of class A).

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The hierarchy remains:

There are four levels to this hierarchy:

A) Police

B) Police Dogs

C) Mundanes

D) Mundanes’ dogs.

Of course, Members of class A may kill members of classes B, C or D without fear of criminal charges, in multiple instances.

Members of classes C or D who kill members of class B are treated as though they killed a member of class A.

[Revel]

“So what happens when the K-9 jumps a fence and attacks a child?If I witness the attack can I shoot the dog without repercussions?”

Nope. The police and their dog get off Scott free. You go down for murder.

[Secret Agent Man]

surprised they didn’t shoot the citizens’ dog after the fact, saying it attacked the police dog first. i’d demote the dog’s handler.

[Altariel]

They train their dogs in order to suppress the dogs’ instinct to *not* be human aggressive and constantly encourage aggression in general.

Hardly surprising when their dogs start fights.

[Mark17]

At least they didn’t shoot the neighbor’s dog for resisting/fighting with a police officer. /S

Give them time.

[HiTech RedNeck]

What about (E) Mundanes’ cats?

[hoosierham]

Class A usually stomp on class E.

[chrisinoc]

“i’d demote the dog’s handler”

Concur. The dog and handler will likely be taken off duty until the misdirected aggression is corrected.

[nobamanomore]

Dogs are either dog aggressive or not, in my experience. If the dog was, the handler is at fault, cause he would know it. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon or an expert at handling dogs to know their animal is aggressive towards other dogs. One walk past another dog, and you know it.