Cops screw up AGAIN ...

[littlewolf]

http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/police-shoot-therapy-dog-as-they-raid-wrong-home-looking-for-man-with-expired-vehicle-registration/


LEANDER, TX — Leander Police went to the home of James and Renata Simmons acting on a warrant for unpaid vehicle registration on June 17, 2013. The warrant, however, was for a completely different town – Cedar Park, TX, and was for a person named Bradly Neal Simpson, someone the Simmons family, who have lived at this address for the past nine years, have never even heard of.

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Officers walking around the rear of the property saw Vinny, a German Shepherd therapy dog, running free within his fence along with another German Shepherd. Police fired at Vinny, firing 3 times with one bullet hitting him in the back of his neck.
Lt. Partin also tells us that his department’s first line of defense against animals is deadly force, rather than less-lethal alternatives. A recent Justice Department report, titled “The Problem of Dog-Related Incidents and Encounters” which is available for download as a PDF document from the National Canine Research Council (NCRC), makes it clear that only insufficiently trained officers use deadly force as a first line of defense.

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Renata Simmons had a different view of what the dogs were doing. “The dogs always do the same thing, they’re like ‘hey somebody’s here’ and they go running up to the gate like ‘hey pet me.’ Well they didn’t get pet this time, they got shot.” Simmons is a professional dog trainer for “Find. Love. Train.” Mrs. Simmons says there were people coming and going from the property every day, and Vinny has never showed signs of aggression, but would go up to meet new people just like any dog would.
During this shooting, the Simmons’s terminally ill six-year-old grandchild was playing just around the corner. Renata worries what would have happened if the child had gotten in the path of the bullets. Police claim not to have seen the child.

The department has since announced “dog behavior training” for their officers to prevent future incidents. It’s too bad the officers missed this article from “Law Enforcement Today” warning officers not to shoot dogs or else be possibly subject of a lawsuit.
The family has set up a Facebook Page for support, where they are also accepting donations towards Vinny’s vet bills the city is refusing to pay, which can be found here: Justice for Vinny.

I hope the sue the crap outta the town ... the police force ...
and these wannabe's

too bad cops have immunity, it might make them more cautious
if they could get sued for doing stupid shit.

ie: going to the wrong address kicking in the door and shooting people
you know stuff like that.

[Logical]

1. True American heros! LOL! n-t

[Fantastic Anarchist]

2. Thank God the dog survived.

This makes me so pissed. Cops are out of control.

[SomethingFishy]

3. Police went to the home on an unpaid vehicle registration warrant?

Really?

Maybe if they spent their time looking for real criminals they wouldn't be "accidentally" shooting dogs.

[Humanist_Activist]

5. I don't understand why they didn't go up to the front door and knocked, why go around the back?

Police are way too fucking paranoid.

[msanthrope]

6. Money. There's a fine involved. nt

[Ranchemp.]

4. But don't you all know that they're there to protect and serve?

Where's that damn sarcasm thingy I see on other posts?

[msanthrope]

7. The city is refusing to pay??? They need a lawyer. Fast. nt

[oldhippie]

8. To Serve and Protect ......

.... my ass!

Asshole cops. Shoot my dog and I will make your life miserable for a LONG time.

[Downwinder]

9. If only the dog had had a gun.

[marble falls]

10. If only the cop hadn't had one.