Cop-On-Canine Violence

Balko's campaign against cops shooting dogs continues:

The point here is not that all cops are trigger-happy dogmurderers. But there does seem to be an attitude that an officer isjustified putting a few bullets into a dog if he feels even theslightest bit of discomfort around the animal. Mere fear of a bite,not even an actual bite, is justification for gunfire. Subsequentcomplaints about dog killings are usually dismissed with littleconsideration. The lack of training is especially troubling...