Some stupid cop almost shot my dog last night

[monty73741]

So I let my dogs out last night & their was a cop in the alley last night talking to the nieghbors. So my dog. A mixed great dane went running to get the cop to pet the dog. First thing the FING cop does is go for his gun. Doesnt identify himself. I was like WHo the f are you. He said keep you dog away. (the dog wasnt even barking she was standing up on the fence, panting at the cop) I then ask him again who the f he is. After a few tense mins he Identifys himself as a police officer & acted like I should have known. I said I'm sorry in a smart ass tone I didt recongize you in civilian cloths & in an unmarked police car. I just thought you were some nut in the alley with a gun. I have 100% respect for the police but hate ass hat cops

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

I would have flipped. Are you sure he was a cop?

 

[monty73741]

yeah he arrested my neighbors LOL

 

[lustreking]

Don't cops carry pepper spray or something? If he was worried about a dog attacking, shouldn't he reach for that first?

Edit: Didn't realize that he was in plain clothes. Maybe they don't carry everything...

 

[MrFebtober]

Did he actually pull the gun from the holster or just get his hand on it, ready to pull? Cops put their hand on their gun at the slightest hesitation, even when approaching your car to give you a speeding ticket (seen this a *couple* of times firsthand ). If I was in an alley and big dane was coming at me, I'd want to be ready for anything. Besides, it sounds like he was there to arrest your neighbor and was working under cover at the time. I think most anyone would be a bit on-edge under those circumstances, so I wouldn't have blamed him if he did pull his gun out. I know it's angering to have one of your pets threatened, just as seeing a gun pointed at any loved one will instantly fill me with rage, but from the situation you describe it was an honest mistake.

Now, if he'd actually fired the gun....things would be ver very different.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

You should have called the cops on the 'cop'!!

 

[monty73741]

he was 5 feet from my fence. no need to do anything also i walking towards the dogs telling them to get down, saying "he is not here to pet you "........I didnt start flipping out till he went for his gun.

 

[springer]

well You know your dog .

He does not know you ,your dog or your neighbor and was there to arrest the neighbor. He did the proper thing . He didnt pull the gun he was being defensive.

 

[Soulive]

He does not know you ,your dog or your neighbor and was there to arrest the neighbor. He did the proper thing . He didnt pull the gun he was being defensive.

+1...he was obviously in the defensive mindset if he was about to arrest people. If he had pulled the gun out and aimed it at your dog, then it would have been overboard and your thread title would be more accurate...

 

[JustDave]

Playing devil's advocate here ...... I'm sure like all of us, he's been in situations with dogs that are less than friendly, not to mention that your dog is the size of a small horse.

 

[Philip1993]

I wasn't there, so I can't tell if you had an ass hat or not. But, having just completed the Citizens Police Academy (very cool, recommend it to anyone) I can tell you one thing we learned. Play along...


You are a cop. You arrive on scene to do whatever (in this case, arrest your neighbor). Does the suspect have a gun nearby?


Think...


Discuss...


Pregnant pause...



Yes. In EVERY encounter the suspect has a gun available to them. It's located in your holster and you brought it.

Always protect your gun... 90% of the time when a suspect takes a officers gun, the shoot him with it. Now, think about his situation a little bit. After a felon, in a dark alley, dog surprises you, confrontational man approaches from another direction.

Locate your weapon, secure it, evaluate, and prepare to respond. In that situation, I'm actually rather surprised he didn't pull it. That doesn't mean it wouldn't piss me off a bit, but I know what I would have done in his shoes...

 

[the_bird]

I almost got myself in a bad situation a few years back. Stupid, but cop knocks on the door. I open it, the cat runs out. So, I jump a little bit to grab her, get her, turn around and he's got his hand over his gun; not pulled, but I made him nervous enough that he was ready. I can't remember which one of us said it, but the statement "Well, that wasn't very smart!" was uttered.

Can't blame him in the least, I know there are bad cops out there, but there are more good than bad and they've got to have those instincts honed to keep themselves safe.

 

[Rezilynt]

I come from a family with many cops (a couple on the other side too). After hearing stories from them , I can understand them always being ready to draw. There are some out there that do take it to another level though and they should be put behind a desk.
Back in HS, I was picking up a girl for our first date and pulled into the wrong driveway after dark. The next thing I know, I have a gun to my head and some A$$hole cop is asking for my DL. Turns out, it was his house and there had been a string of robberies (or so he said).

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I come from a family with many cops (a couple on the other side too). After hearing stories from them , I can understand them always being ready to draw. There are some out there that do take it to another level though and they should be put behind a desk.
Back in HS, I was picking up a girl for our first date and pulled into the wrong driveway after dark. The next thing I know, I have a gun to my head and some A$$hole cop is asking for my DL. Turns out, it was his house and there had been a string of robberies (or so he said).

Cops are people too. That can be both thier biggest strength, and quickest failure.

 

[fratermus]

I don't understand. Your dog were inside the fence and the cop was outside the fence?

If the dog was inside the fence (and the fence was of a height and construction to hold the dog) then the cop overreacted.

 

[kornkob]

I dunno what you got all bent about. The cop put no one in harms way but you decide to get all up in someone's grill about the fact that they were startled and placed a hand on their gun. Seems to me that you overreacted to someone taking a pretty reasonable precaution.

*shrug* I would have done the same thing , probably, fence or no fence.

 

[Special Hops]

Was there a fence or not? IF there was a fence the it was defeinetly inappropraite

 

[VatorMan]

Was there a fence or not? IF there was a fence the it was defeinetly inappropraite

Apparently you guys have never seen a Great Dane. Unless it was a 5 ft. chain link fence I would have pulled my piece as well.

 

[monty73741]

the whole thing is their is a fence & i was right behind the dog. telling him to get down that not every one in the alley is here to pet you. (she is a lab/great dane mix). She wasnt even barking. I just mad cause the nieghbor who was being investigated told him that the dogs was nice. I talked to a buddy of mine who is a Cop & told him what happed he said he would have never reached for his gun. He said basicly he would have been fired & for shooting a dog in its yard

 

[Soulive]

I'm walking away...

 

[MikeFlynn74]

 

[nyer]

the whole thing is their is a fence & i was right behind the dog. telling him to get down that not every one in the alley is here to pet you. (she is a lab/great dane mix). She wasnt even barking. I just mad cause the nieghbor who was being investigated told him that the dogs was nice. I talked to a buddy of mine who is a Cop & told him what happed he said he would have never reached for his gun. He said basicly he would have been fired & for shooting a dog in its yard

I've been bit by two dogs and both times the owners told me they wouldn't bite me. All dogs bite. The officer was there to arrest your neighbors for something when you and your large dog approached him. I would have done the same thing, that's what he was trained to do. He didn't pull his weapon and point it at you, he put his hand on it case he needed it. If you or your dog were going to be aggressive he was trying to be prepaired for it. He doesn't know who you are and what you were there for. You could have been the person they were looking for. Put yourself in his shoes, he's alone in a dark alley looking for a suspect and you pop out with a large dog. He did nothing wrong.

 

[Special Hops]

Apparently you guys have never seen a Great Dane. Unless it was a 5 ft. chain link fence I would have pulled my piece as well.

I have two great danes and they are the sweetest dogs you will ever meet. Would not hurt a fly.

Sure there could be an odd great dane that is agreesive but as a breed they are very harmless.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I reckon it's six of one, haf a dozen of the other. Sure, some people whether it be a cop or not can get jumpy around dogs. Equally, someone with their hand hovering over a gun will make people jumpy too. It just happens that the guy with the gun is always right.....until he vacates the scene.

 

[olllllo]

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[fat x nub]

i hate cops who dont identify themselves...in my teen days me and my friends were ding dong ditching and we get the cops called on us. It was out past curfew so whenever we saw a car we jumped behind a bush or something. This one car was FLYING down the ****in street...going like 70 in a 25 zone. We ran behind a bush and herd the brakes slam and the car door open. Of coarse we hauled ass and it turns out to be the cops. They chased us for 30 minutes through the woods never once yelling ,"POLICE! STOP!" Then when we were caught they did the, "Why did u run?" bull****

 

[Special Hops]

What's ding dong ditching?

 

[Homercidal]

Where you ring the doorbell and then run??

 

[monty73741]

well, updated to day some mayor in maryland got 30 lbs of weed mail to his house & the swat team shot his dogs
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR2008073003299.html
yeah a mayor gonna run

 

[MVKTR2]

In my experience there are only 2 types of cops, fantastic and totally useless! We had a cop in Jackson MS shoot my neighbors English Bulldog (a dog I trusted with my 2 year old). Shortly there after I moved to Louisville KY and heard the same cop had shot another dog about 6 months later. The city sent him to "sensitivity" training, too bad it was too late for the dogs and their families.

Ass Hat cops... Pffftttt!

Schlante,
Phillip