Cop-On-Canine Violence

Cop-On-Canine Violence

Balko's campaign against cops shooting dogs continues:

The point here is not that all cops are trigger-happy dog murderers. But there does seem to be an attitude that an officer is justified putting a few bullets into a dog if he feels even the slightest bit of discomfort around the animal. Mere fear of a bite, not even an actual bite, is justification for gunfire. Subsequent complaints about dog killings are usually dismissed with little consideration. The lack of training is especially troubling. A spokesman for the Humane Society told me last year that his organization offers free training to any police department that requests it. He could only think of a few that had taken advantage of the offer.

SOURCE:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2010/06/coponcanine-violence.html