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Originally Posted by jan & jim
Ditto Equus50. I loved my 32 years as a police officer (recently retired), but do NOT miss the animal complaints. We too received no training in dealing with animals in Basic Training. Unfortunately, getting a county animal control officer on the scene could take up to an hour at times. Fortunately, most law enforcement personnel are dog owners & will do everything they can to avoid a situation such as the one depicted in the video. Based on what I saw of the video, my recommendation as a supervisor to the chief would have been a suspension pending termination of the officer doing the shooting. The actions of other personnel involved would have also been thoroughly examined.
Jim
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Sounds like a reasonable way to deal with it, imo.