Somebody get me a gun.
Posted on 01/08/2003 11:35:54 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Wow... I didn't know dogs are supposed to understand the command 'Get back'.
We've been to many of the same places - Germany, Saudi, Kuwait, Iraq, Cuba, Haiti, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Thailand, South Korea ...
No purple hearts.
Cmon. Isn't that a bit harsh? This is only a dog, and the police officer is a human. Night and day difference.
Cop should apologize to the family. Offer to pay for another dog, and burial of the dead dog.
Cop also needs remedial training as well.
It sure wouldn't be a threat to me. Not for long, anyway. I'd just blow its head off too.
It has its teeth. I have a gun. It loses.
I have no patience for aggressive dogs that act like they want even a little piece of me.
It would be a decent gesture.
But if it were to happen again: *Bang*
Agreed.
When I get stopped by traffic cops, I turn on my overhead dome lights, I turn off the ignition, put the car keys on the dash, make very slow movements, follow the cop's instructions, and put my hands on the steering wheel when they approach.
The last time I had to talk to a cop was to sign off on a fix-it ticket. There were THREE cops manning the front desk over at San Jose PD headquarters, and not one wanted to go sign-off on the ticket. Doesn't matter that it was Santa Clara Sheriff that wrote it. These cops were just plain lazy.
Administrative duty, is a cush job. Sure, its boring and not 'prestigious' as patrol, but its a cush job.
I served as an LEO until 95 when I was hit by a doper ambush in South Florida.
Just curious, how many years active/reserve?
If that's true, and I have no reason to doubt that it is, you need to let these folks know ...
It has its teeth. I have a gun. It loses.
I have no patience for aggressive dogs that act like they want even a little piece of me.
You're a small man Kevin, not only for having that mindset but for posting it here on freerepublic for everyone to see. I really hope and pray that someone as small minded as yourself isn't out there in public as an armed police officer.
This was a very unfortunate incident, and it is easy to condemn the cop in hindsight. But there was simply no moral fault on the part of the police officers; they were responding as imperfect human beings might be expected to respond to a quickly-unfolding situation filled with unknowns. The death of this dog was no more the moral fault of the police officer than it would be the fault of, say, a driver who runs over a dog rather than swerving, losing of control, and placing his own physical safety at risk. If the choice is between injury to a human or the death of a dog, the human wins--except in PETA world.
Street experience teaches cops to be proactive--not to wait until they have absorbed the first surprise.
Of course the family did nothing wrong, either. And their dog was simply acting as a dog acts. No moral fault or any fault there. Dogs are protective--not particularly discerning. These characteristics make dogs valuable to armed criminals for the same reason they are valuable to a law-abiding families. That's too bad.
The family will understandably be angry and enraged but the cop has no reason to accept the rage and take it personally. He ought to express his sympathy and as a kind gesture offer to get them a new dog, but solely as a gesture of sorrow and kindness--not as an admission of fault.
This kind of incident produces gallons of anger and resentment but offers no legitimate bucket to place them in.
Somebody get me a gun.
In extreme cases they are so proud of their fetish that they brag about it in public.
Wrong agency. LEO Eric Hall works for the Tennessee Highway Patrol, no the Cookeville Police Department!
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