Exigent circumstances. Cops have a long recognized right to enter public property in an emergency such as a fleeing suspect, an observed fire, or in this case a missing child. So they had reason to be in the back yard.
What I don’t get is why the cop didn’t leave, call animal control to capture the dog with the KETCH-ALL tool. Then search the area.
meant private property not public property.
There was no excuse for this, and the cops that are standing around making excuses for him are as guilty as he is. He is untrustworthy and obviously untrained and is a danger to society. He should lose his job