OlDog75 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I'm not in any way interested in watching a video of a dog being shot, so I hope that someone can help me with this. Was the dog a chihuahua? Here's the story I saw: Arkansas police officer fired after shooting Chihuahua in video, sheriff says | Fox News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeuce Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 After watching the video, he definitely deserved to be fired. The dog wasn't even attacking him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Police should not have to answer calls involving animals unless they are vicious and in the act of attacking or preparing to attack. Police are not trained for these type of calls and shouldn't have to answer them. Common sense shuld have prevailed on the part of the officer, but still.... That would make a lot of officers happy if that were the case. A lot of folks assume officers moonlight as animal control and that's just not the case. I've heard some very interesting calls for officers assistance regarding animals. My least favorite were snake in the house calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoesGym Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 My least favorite were snake in the house calls. Man, if you're going to call the police to look for a snake in your house you better be sure you've got anything that shouldn't be in there out. Ever find anything that they didn't intend for you to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoesGym Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Police should not have to answer calls involving animals unless they are vicious and in the act of attacking or preparing to attack. Police are not trained for these type of calls and shouldn't have to answer them. Common sense shuld have prevailed on the part of the officer, but still.... You would think that since he was a K9 officer that he would have been trained in how to deal with an unruly dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Man, if you're going to call the police to look for a snake in your house you better be sure you've got anything that shouldn't be in there out. Ever find anything that they didn't intend for you to find? I am pretty good with divided attention but not when a snake is striking at me. No to answer your question, I got the job done and then got out of Dodge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True blue (and gold) Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I once had a six foot long black snake in my house. I didn't call the cops...never thought to. Luckily I had a friend who lived right up the road who took care of it. I slept with the lights on for six weeks after that, afraid that I would get up and step on a snake. We believe that he got in through a loose dryer vent, which we fixed. Still, I'm glad that I don't live there any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugatti Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I once had a six foot long black snake in my house. I didn't call the cops...never thought to. Luckily I had a friend who lived right up the road who took care of it. I slept with the lights on for six weeks after that, afraid that I would get up and step on a snake. We believe that he got in through a loose dryer vent, which we fixed. Still, I'm glad that I don't live there any more. I just got the heebie-jeebies reading your post. I am moving out of the country to a place where no snakes are present if this ever happens to me or anyone in my neighborhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scribe Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 You would think that since he was a K9 officer that he would have been trained in how to deal with an unruly dog. That's like saying a married officer should better know how to handle a domestic violence call. Not always the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfan41 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 My least favorite were snake in the house calls. Lockout tool can work great for those as long as you know what your dealing with. With that said if you put it in a bag to transport elsewhere I'd make certain that bag is secure and there's no way it's getting loose in the backseat of your cruiser or trunk. And yes, of course that's happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfan41 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I once had a six foot long black snake in my house. I didn't call the cops...never thought to. Luckily I had a friend who lived right up the road who took care of it. I slept with the lights on for six weeks after that, afraid that I would get up and step on a snake. We believe that he got in through a loose dryer vent, which we fixed. Still, I'm glad that I don't live there any more. Accidentally left the basement door open a few weeks ago for an uncertain time period. Maybe a day or two, we haven't found any unwelcome guests yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 My least favorite were snake in the house calls. Which week in the academy did they teach snake removal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Which week in the academy did they teach snake removal? The Academy really did do a good job training us but I don't remember snake week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumper_Dad Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 The Academy really did do a good job training us but I don't remember snake week. They do, do a good job...just a million situations that they just don't have time to cover. You just can't train for every possible situation that will arise once you hit the streets. Heck it takes lawyers 3 years or more to learn the law and people expect officers to be law experts after 20+ weeks of academy training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punttheball Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 My least favorite were snake in the house calls. That is why I became a Fireman instead of a Police Officer. A cat in a tree was a much easier and safer situation to deal with. LOL. After 24 years on the job I still have never seen a cat skeleton in a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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