We have another controversial dog shooting case. Cathy Luu and her family say that an El Monte police officer shot their 2-year-old female German Shepherd, named Kiki inside their fenced-in front yard while looking for a runaway teenager. What is different about this case is that a home security camera recorded the scene and it contradicted the account of the two officers.
The two officers arrived at the home at 4:30 p.m. They had an appointment to discuss their teenage son, who had run away from home over the weekend. They wanted a photograph. The police said that the officers shook the gate and looked to see if there was a dog in the yard before they entered. However, the video camera shows the officers parking their car and then entering the yard without checking for dogs despite two “beware of dog” signs. One sign was mounted on the gate through which they entered.
They shot the dog which ran to the backyard.
Four children were in the home when the officers shot their dog. Moreover, when they fired the shots there was a children’s pool party taking place in a front yard across the street.
El Monte police Capt. Dan Buehler continues to insist that the officer followed procedures: “They did go up to the front (gate),” the captain said. “There was a beware of dog sign of the gate. They did what we always do as police officers. They shook the gate. They didn’t see any dogs.” The video contradicts that account. Moreover, the family says that the officers denied seeing the “beware of dog” signs.
She also said that when she said her dog needed medical attention, an officer responded that the dog was okay and demanded to see license documents not only for the wounded dog, but for the family’s other dogs. The family said that the officers delayed them for an hour before the dog could be treated.
The family also says that police told them that they would cover the medical costs for the dog but then changed their minds when told that the dog required a $7,000 operation. Luu says a supervisor insisted that the cost exceeded the value of the dog — a harsh accounting that does not consider the fault of the officers and the value of the dog as a family member.
Unable to pay for the operation, the family put Kiki down.
Source: SGV Tribune
Ed, There are petitions and abundant postings on the news services that are airing the story. What will be interesting is what will happen if this is covered up.
Once again cowardly cops use excessive force for “officer safety” These crazy clowns should never be trusted with guns
I honestly believe that some cops shoot dogs just because they can, and there are no consequences to the action.
So where are the animal rights activists? They must not care.
Cops are trained to not have the fear of God. Don’t have that now fear Gods face when it is seen.
The suit gets to them. It makes them feel the same power the devil feels which is a false power. The devil has a dead soul. Therefore the wearer of the suit thinks life is expendable not valuing their soul because it is already dead.
Steve Fleischer has it correct. Never allow a LEO onto your property unless forced by a valid search warrant. Security cams are great but most departments will argue the truth of what’s shown on the tape. It’s only truthful it if’s their camera.
The cops are unawaire of an unseen camera that never needs film. It has infinite memory too.
It’s the year of 2013. Unless you’re a moron, you know how cops are. If you use the cops, you get what you deserve.
The cops have feet. They are swift running to do mischief. Proverbs 6:16, K J V.
Why do you think they only allow those with very low IQ`S into the Academy? American cops,most of them,are very,very sick things.
The suit gets to them. It makes them feel the same power the devil feels which is a false power. The devil has a dead soul. Therefore life is to the wearer of the suit thinks is expendable not valuing their soul because it is already dead.
Shootings by police are always good, by definition. So also will be shootings of police, very, very soon.
Police make the bitter things sweet sweet things bitter, they think life is very good but death is better, police on the flip side where the blue suit seen, death of a blue suited man is to them obscene.
Those cops may have tainted the cases they have worked on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8DIjNKklA&list=PLmavelF_39I3mGPclsiZ0f-mYh1Lh25oh
if i had ever been arrested and convicted on the testimony of either of these two bozos i’d be calling a lawyer about now.
much as i hate to say this… there is no need to dial 911 anymore. if you call for the cops you or a family member might end up dead or beat down badly and then falsely arrested. if you call for ems you might end up dead or beat down and falsely arrested by the cops who are going to come regardless and the same if you call for the fire dept.. i’ll take my chances alone with home remedies for illness and any means necessary for anything else
This is why so many of us find the word “Pig” very appropriate when referring to the thugs in uniform plying our streets.
So it’s a crime when a civilian makes a false statement to law enforcement, but not when law enforcement makes a false statement to the press?
“Oh, I’m sorry, I thought the police officers were shooting at my children inside the house.”
I wonder how that excuse would have worked if the homeowner had defended her/his dogs.
Re internal law enforcement investigation, the NYT had an interesting set of statistics which demonstrate that either the FBI does not suffer from mistakes, or they lie:
“[F]rom 1993 to early 2011, F.B.I. agents fatally shot about 70 “subjects” and wounded about 80 others — and every one of those episodes was deemed justified, according to interviews and internal F.B.I. records obtained by The New York Times through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The last two years have followed the same pattern: an F.B.I. spokesman said that since 2011, there had been no findings of improper intentional shootings. …”
I don’t know about the rest of the country but in New York people go to jail for abuse to animals. Why should this be considered any different than abuse or animal and cruel negligence by arrogant police all too ready to shoot weapons rather than mediate social problems. These cops should be charged with cruelty to animals.
Law enforcement needs to punish cops who unjustly kill dogs. I was raised as a child to respect police and always told that they were my friend. There’s probably nothing that has done more to dissuade me of that notion than all the stories I’ve read of cops shooting dogs. I do not trust police. I will minimize any interaction that I have with them. I will not trust their testimony in court. I have taught my children to be wary of police. If cops really believe that they are there to protect and serve, they’ll take action to prevent the needless killings of family pets and to discipline cops who break the rules and lie.
Punitive damages?
Wouldn’t lying on an official police report be a criminal offense? Wouldn’t it make sense for the officers to call the home owner when they arrive to insure that they are home without entering the property that has beware of dogs signs posted? When do we stop allowing police officers and their superiors to lie about their actions and do nothing when they kill and maim without justification? Disgusting.
It seems obvious some police officers have an almost primal need to shoot dogs. Why not team up w/ animal shelters that are about the euthanize dogs and let these disturbed cops get their anger out in a positive manner?