[DariusBane]

Exigent circumstances is the basis. Searching for a missing 3 year old child.

The cop could have backed off. How many postal workers shoot dogs? Since this is Salt Lake City, how many “missionaries” shoot dogs?

[skeeter]

I did backyard pool service for awhile. Didn’t shoot a single dog.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Then if they had to go in the back yard, I wonder if they even considered an option other than shooting it, and was the dog even hostile? Is calling animal control not an option?

[Pajamajan]

"The cop could have backed off. How many postal workers shoot dogs? Since this is Salt Lake City, how many 'missionaries' shoot dogs?"

Also, how many meter readers for the Gas Co. shoot dogs?

This is another sign that the government, and all its agencies, have no regard for the people, or knowledge of the Constitution, and are completey out of control.