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[Bill Hook]

Give me a break. You can argue that an officer used poor judgement or exhibited ignorance, but exactly how do you conclude that the officer shot the dog for fun?

That the family said he had a smirk on his face (biased, yes) and (more importantly) that he'd done this 2 times before. Sounds like he enjoys it, since the majority of officers don't even kill a dog once, let alone 3 times.

 

[TheeBadOne]

So by that logic if an Officer has been involved in other shootings and has shot more than one person that means that Cop enjoys shooting/killing people for fun...

 

[Bill Hook]

It might. Time for a psych evaluation.

 

[Daniel T]

I don't know TBO, would it if they cut off people's fingers too?

 

[Bill Hook]

Oh, didn't the officer in question wok for Nashville first, where he shot the other dogs? Seems that there is a reason he doesn't work there anymore, which may not be public record.

My scenario: Sadistic, psychologically unstable cop get jollies shooting dogs, behind cloak of authority. His dept, after the second time, finds, after review, that they've hired a sociopath and terminate, but w/o disclosure. sociopath gets hired at tiny town w/ no resources to check the guy out and he gets more leeway to abuse his authority.

 

[cordex]

TBO,
I don't think you got the point of my post.
Field dog, police dog ... the occupation they desire is immaterial to us. Humans bend them to act however we like. They do not make the choice (unless they simply lack the ability or cannot be forced to act in a given manner).

All I was saying is that police dogs don't really make a concious decision to become police dogs. Hence, I think that the original comment about critters who willingly work to make the world a better place being "A-OK" is silly.

 

[Justin]

More heat than light.