WICHITA, Kan. – A Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputy shot a dog while trying to serve a protection order in Planeview. It happened on Wednesday around 2 p.m., near Pawnee and George Washington Boulevard. A deputy said she announced herself before entering the gated area of the house. But the dog owner said that did not … Read more
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A family pet was shot and killed by a Hillsborough County deputy Sunday, News Channel 8 confirmed. An Apollo Beach woman told us two unknown deputies responded to an abandoned home in her neighborhood while she was in her back yard with her dogs and her children. The woman said her … Read more
PORTLAND, OR – A farmer in northwest Portland is upset after a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed his goat when it escaped Sunday morning. It’s a short walk from Matt Minnick’s farm to the stretch of fencing at the end of his property. “This is the fence that the developers put in … Read more
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Michigan woman has no basis to sue the Detroit Police Department (DPD) for shooting her three dogs because they were not properly licensed. U.S. District Court Judge George Caram Steeh dismissed a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Detroit resident Nikita Smith last last year after a marijuana … Read more
The Brooks family had just sat down to eat lunch when they heard someone entering their fenced-in front yard. The family’s two dogs, Duke and Minnie, ran outside through the dog doors to see who was there, followed closely behind by their owner, Charlie Brooks. By the time Brooks opened his front door, Duke was … Read more
Alliance Ohio Police Officer Josh Tenney actions were captured on his Body Worn Camera when he summoned the friendly dog to him only to shoot it dead. A few minutes before the dogs’ owners had noticed his dogs were not in the yard and began searching for them only to find his dog China laying … Read more
Newly released bodycam footage shows a police officer’s perspective when he responded to a burglary alarm and shot two tail-wagging dogs earlier this month — but doesn’t seem to help prove his reason for pulling the trigger. The officer, identified as Michael Mays of the Minneapolis Police Department, is seen in the clip pointing his … Read more
LOGAN — A police K-9 that died from heat exhaustion was left in the back of a police patrol vehicle in direct sunlight for near 12 hours while his handler went to a family function, investigators say. Cache County sheriff’s deputy Jason Whittier — who was the handler for police K-9 Endy — was charged … Read more
MISSOURI CITY, Texas – It began as a noise complaint involving a party Friday night in a Missouri City subdivision. A few minutes later, a family dog was shot in the head. “A neighbor asked us to turn down the music, and we did,” said Lizz Pedragon. Thirty minutes later, she said Missouri City police … Read more
Jennifer LeMay, left, explained to Lieutenant Derrick Barnes what happened when an officer shot her dogs at her Minneapolis home. The Facebook video is disturbing. A uniformed Minneapolis police officer is seen in the fenced backyard of a home in north Minneapolis. Two dogs come out to see what’s going on. The officer shoots one … Read more
Two Detroit residents filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Detroit Police Department Wednesday, alleging that several police officers needlessly and maliciously shot their three dogs during a marijuana raid. Kenneth Savage and Ashley Franklin say that on July 22, 2016, Detroit police raided their house and found the dogs in a back yard bounded … Read more
A federal judge has ruled against a man who claimed his constitutional rights were violated when his dog was shot and killed by police during a search for a missing toddler. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby said in the ruling issued Friday that Sean Kendall failed to establish either an unconstitutional search or seizure … Read more