Decius wrote:
]
] DISCLAIMER: Don't read this if you want to have a nice day.
] This is shocking but not very important. The reason I decided
] to run with it is because I did read it and I did think about
] it. However, its really not important and its really not
] fun... So stop reading now.... I mean it.
]
] flynn23 wrote:
] ] What's more disturbing is the inequity of these situations.
] If
] ] a K9 officer is killed during duty, it is considered
] IDENTICAL
] ] in all respects to a human officer falling. Why is it that
] ] these situations are not handled like human fatalities?
] ] Shouldn't police be held accountable for shooting a dog just
] ] like they are for shooting a person?

Amazingly, the Tennessean has much more indepth coverage of this story. Someone must've gotten fired recently there.

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/03/01/27302745.shtml?Element_ID=27302745
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/03/01/27473390.shtml?Element_ID=27473390
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/03/01/27564945.shtml?Element_ID=27564945

There's much more to this story. Although I still rest ultimate responsibility on the officer and PD training procedures en masse, it would appear that the more contributing factor was the miscommunication from dispatch to Rambo officers who elevated the severity of the call without doing any corraboration (was there indeed a bank robbery reported anywhere in TN?).

RE: CNN.com - Video shows police killing dog - Jan. 9, 2003