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Family looking for answers after Ocoee (FL) police kill their dog
Orlando Sentinel ^ | August 4, 2017 | Byu Bianca Pedro Ocasio

Posted on 08/06/2017 1:21:56 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

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To: Brad from Tennessee

I’m in L/E. Never had to shoot any animal, but I am confused:

What is a “school resource officer”?
Why is he in a boat if he is detached to some... school?
If he was in a boat doing boat stuff, how did he kill a dog, on land?


41 posted on 08/06/2017 3:05:23 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: Brad from Tennessee

42 posted on 08/06/2017 3:06:35 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I’ve imagined a scenario where a police office shoots one of my dogs, just defending our home. It doesn’t end well for anyone.


43 posted on 08/06/2017 3:07:23 PM PDT by katana
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To: Socon-Econ
Is anyone in this thread at all interested in hearing the other side of the story before rushing to judgment?

Why yes, but the other side is not talking. Maybe we should all be silent until the government has spoken. Would that make you happy?

44 posted on 08/06/2017 3:10:25 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Noamie

School resource officer is, depending on location, a truancy officer or glorified security guard with arrest powers within a school setting.


45 posted on 08/06/2017 3:10:57 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

School resource officer is, depending on location, a truancy officer or glorified security guard with arrest powers within a school setting.


Sounds exciting.

Where does the boat come in?

(Oh, I guess it’s the summer.....extra hands.)


46 posted on 08/06/2017 3:13:17 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: Noamie

God only knows.
Sounds like they were out doing “make work” tasks.


47 posted on 08/06/2017 3:15:16 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Noamie

Well, the middle school is near the lake.


48 posted on 08/06/2017 3:19:19 PM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that rmemoveth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

But if one kills a POLICE DOG, they go to Prison..


49 posted on 08/06/2017 3:23:00 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (---->VMFA 235 '69 -'72 KMCAS <--- F4 PHANTOM... FLYING BRICK)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The solution is to remove LEO immunity to civil suit.and require, as a condition of employment, that LEOs must purchase malpractice insurance. If they cost the insurer more than the actuaries deem reasonable, they will be unemployable in law enforcement.


50 posted on 08/06/2017 3:28:04 PM PDT by Zippo44 (Liberal is just another word for poltroon.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I have big Rottweiler’s

I had sheriff posse come to my house two years ago all strapped

They actually allowed me to put 300 pounds of Rott muscle in their run

I’ve got acreage

The dogs were livid

But yes Tennessee is famous for cops shoots dogs

That’s first thing I said to them when they came to the door

My oldest son had already grabbed the dogs by collars

Some Barney shoots my dog and it’s on


51 posted on 08/06/2017 3:28:56 PM PDT by wardaddy (Virtue signalers should be shot...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
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To: bigbob

The dog drew first!
Thank goodness he didn’t have thumbs or I would’ve been a goner.
Only with my highly trained spider sense was I able to escape unharmed.
Now I can safely return home to my family tonight.


52 posted on 08/06/2017 3:29:39 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

At least the officer went home safe.

God forbid that there was a rambunctious child in the yard when the police showed up.

Rule of thumb: Do not call the police if you have dogs or children around. And do not call the police for a “welfare check” or a domestic disturbance, unless you want somebody to be killed.


53 posted on 08/06/2017 3:33:19 PM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: Darksheare

School is out for the summer in florida


54 posted on 08/06/2017 3:36:32 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Keyhopper

Yes.
Though summer school utilizes the school officers too.
Depends on when they run that over there.


55 posted on 08/06/2017 3:38:42 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I am the biggest supporter of Police but this new kill the dog thing is disgusting.


56 posted on 08/06/2017 3:39:57 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Noamie; Darksheare

In Charlotte, NC, resource officers are actually city police. They don’t hang at the school all day, but they do spend a significant amount of time there depending on the school and history of trouble.


57 posted on 08/06/2017 3:45:54 PM PDT by moovova
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To: the OlLine Rebel
These dogs are often mistaken for pit-bull types. Maybe one jump and the LEO spooked and shot.

Only by someone who doesn't know anything about dogs at all.

A Catahoula looks nothing like a pit bull, both in terms of jaw structure and body type. Catahoulas have narrow jaws; Pit Bulls have very wide jaws. Catahoulas have light frames, in contrast to the much heavier frames of Pit Bulls. Catahoulas are also significantly taller at the shoulder as well. In general, Catahoulas are not even colored similarly to Pit Bulls, although I'm sure there are exceptions.

Basically, the two breeds look totally different. Not that the officer would have been any more justified in shooting a pit bull, given the same circumstances.

I owned a Catahoula Leopard Cow Hog Dog a couple of decades ago, and she was the most intelligent dog I've ever had in my family. Catahoulas, in my experience, aren't particularly aggressive either.

This just happens too often, and it never used to. What a bunch of wusses police have become, to do this type of thing so frequently and readily!

58 posted on 08/06/2017 3:46:26 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Brad from Tennessee
the boat was “at risk of becoming derelict” and had tags that weren’t “affixed prominently"

And the best way to remedy that was to kill their dog. It's so obvious!

59 posted on 08/06/2017 3:47:22 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: moovova; Noamie

Ah, okers.


60 posted on 08/06/2017 3:49:45 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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