What went wrong that the police dog got shot?
The Sun has been covering this week an incident that involved a Baltimore City police dog getting shot by an officer while out on a case.
The dog, a German Shepherd named Blade, is recovering, but how exactly he got shot is something of a head scratcher. (See a new photo of the recovering Blade here.)
As Blade chased after a motorist who failed to stop at a speed checkpoint, he attacked an officer chasing from another direction. The dog didn't recognize the officer and the officer didn't know Blade, who wasn't wearing any police identification.
Why was Blade not wearing a police vest or something? Isn't that like an officer on duty without wearing a uniform? And why was the dog out of sight of his partner officer?
What's the right protocol here? Any police officers out there who can enlighten us? It really seems like this was a shooting that easily could have been prevented.
In the photo, a K-9 for the Harford County Sheriff's office named Sabre works an obstacle course with his human partner, Capt. John Seilback. Sun photo Ken Lam.
Comments
It is very unfortunate that the dog was shot while he was on a chase. There should be proper precautionary measures taken for the safety of the animals that help the policemen.
Posted by: keyboards | November 11, 2009 7:18 AM