Deputy Shoots Dog In Owner’s Front Yard In Front Of Family
An Idaho family is extremely outraged that a sheriff’s deputy shot their dog Bobby in their own fron yard.
About a week ago, a Teton County Idaho Sheriff’s Deputy knocked on Leonel Barboza’s door. Barboza said the officer stated that there was a complaint that Bobby had bitten someone and that he was here to put him down and to “kill him”.
He asked if there was any proof, and the deputy said that he didn’t need any proof.
Barboza then retrieved Bobby, the family dog of five years, while the deputy took out a rifle from his car. They walked to the front yard and the officer and Barboza tied the dog to a pole and the deputy fired three shots at Bobby.
Inside the house, Barboza’s wife and son heard the gunshots. Barboza said that there were kids in the street that were watching the officer shoot Bobby. He said, “My heart was broken seeing an officer killing my dog.”
The deputy then got into his vehicle and drove away while Bobby was bleeding profusely from his head.
The Barboza family was distraught and thought that Bobby would not make it. But luckily, Bobby survived the shooting and is on medication for his injuries.
The Teton County Idaho Sheriff did not disclose much about the incident and said it is still under investigation. He said there have been several complaints about Bobby.
But when a local news team checked court records, there was only one complaint that was filed last year and it was dismissed. Barboza said he was not aware of the complaint.
The Baborza family hired an attorney and he said, “If the facts are as they appear, the deputies behavior is disgusting, troublesome, and appalling. The officer needs to be held responsible.”
As of now, the officer is still on duty and currently working.
Source: KIDK
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 am
Last I knew you needed a search warrant to enter property. Also to shoot the animal at the owners house, Also what ever happened to the 10 bite hold that is required?
Seems there are too many missing pieces here.
Also if you are going to kill an animal with a gun or any other means, you need to be sure the animal is dead before leaving. Seems he didn’t even do a good job if the dog is still alive now?
THis cop needs to lose his job, he is a danger to society.
Also there needs to be a HUGE lawsuit, I see too many dogs being shot here recently
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:09 am
Why on earth did the guy bring his dog out to that officer?! If a cop knocked on my door and said he was here to kill my cat (my cat that stays INDOORS 24/7) because he scratched someone he’d get told to come back WITH A WARRANT right before he got the door slammed in his face.
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 am
File complaint with district attorney.Sue cop and entire department.This is more than just wrong.No proof supplied.Go for the jugler.Call CNN.Write news papers and contact animal support groups.Get this cop gone.Mental state to dangerous to be handling a gun. Judgement WRONG !
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:15 am
This deputy is a threat to society and needs to be removed from a position that gives him acsess to firearms. I hope poor Bobby survives and outlives that diablo of a deputy.
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:17 am
Lawsuit!!!!!
People - REMEMBER YOUR CONSTITUIONAL RIGHTS!!!! Just because a police officer comes to your door, you DO NOT have to let him in UNLESS he has a warrant to enter the premises. As well, an Animal Control officer should have been there with the police and have a warrant to pick up the dog. Animals are still considered property. Just like the police cannot pick up your computer, your books, your bank statements, etc… without a warrant.
What the officer did was illegaly take the persons property without due process. And he abused a dog, attempted to kill the dog, all without cause, considering the complaint had been dropped. He should lose his job and go to jail. The county should have to pay all medical expenses, plus money for mental abuse to the family.
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:33 am
This seems to be an all too familiar story ~ rogue cops killing animals. I just don’t have the words to describe the feelings I have right now . . .
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:17 am
I agree, catmom5, there are no words. I know there are plenty of good cops and they risk their lives daily, but there seems to be far too much of this dog-killing mentality out there among the police, too. Something needs to be done to stop it. Publicity [collect and publicize these cases], outrage, then laws nationwide. A cop couldn’t come onto my property without a warrant and smash up my computer or my dining room table, “just because”. Yep, people need a refresher course on their RIGHTS as CITIZENS of this country. Maybe some cops need a refresher course, too.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 am
Robert, I’m not sure we have any constitutional rights anymore. The current administration has just about shredded our constitution completely.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:31 am
Nancy G - I couldn’t agree more. I don’t know if its a post 9/11 mentallity, but way too many people are really afraid of authority. And way too many law enforcement officials are acting like they are judge, jury and executioner. Warrant? He didn’t even present the complaint as far as I can tell?
What next - we suspect your kid as being a nuisance, so we’ll just take him out and shoot him?
Let’s send these folks at the Sherrif’s office a nice post-Thanksgiving fax and let them know how thankful we are that we don’t live in Teton County.
TETON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
89 North Main
Driggs, ID 83422
Phone: 354-2323
Fax: 354-3618
Staff:
Kim Cooke, Sheriff
Kathryn Hoggan, Drivers License & Department Secretary
Deputies:
Zane Manhart, School Resource Officer
Jared Hurt, K9 / Sargent
Chad Brokens, Corporal
Larry Brown
Matt Froehlich
Fred Hale
Ilene Hammond
Tim Scheer, Civil Officer
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:33 am
That would be area code 208.
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:32 am
The part I don’t get is why on Earth anyone would let some town clown shoot their pet without a speck of paperwork - not only let them, but actually help!
I have a very low opinion of pet owners who allow their pets to harm others, but there IS a process. You get to face your accusors in court, you have a right to appeal, etc..
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
Discharging a firearm in a residential area? I don’t know about that town, but around here, you need some serious circumstances to warrant it…and shooting a restrained animal isn’t among them.
What if a bullet had ricocheted and hit a human?
This so called deputy sounds rogue and dangerous. Yes, the dog’s owners were far too compliant in turning the dog over to him without any sort of warrant, but the deputy far overstepped his bounds and endangered the health and safety of those around him. Time for him to find another line of work - preferably one that doesn’t involve any other living thing human or animal.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
I may just be too ashamed to admit that I’m an Idahoan today.
The family that experienced this abhorrent emotional torture will never again produce a single individual who will trust a law-enforcement agency or officer.
The sherrif in question may have thought that he was ridding himself of an inconvenient nuisance by abusing his status in the community. As a matter of fact, he’s created a huge culture of mistrust and has destroyed the sherriff office’s reputation in the region, and in the country. I wouldn’t let a Teton County official within ten feet of my front door at this point.
I used to look forward to going home one day, but right now, I wonder if perhaps I’ll be safer in Texas. Read that again. I said I feel safer in TEXAS.
I’ll certainly be sending the county a letter. I’m simply reduced to tears.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:10 pm
This is shameful. What is going on in this country? Hardly a day goes by without us reading about police freely shooting dogs and even cats. This deputy–if the facts are as stated–should be fired. The family should sue the county for damages. This story is just one of many leaving me increasingly angry.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
This is a very strange story with a lot of questions: Here’s an excerpt from the story in the local paper:
Barboza: “I came back inside with my wife and hid. We were hugging each other crying about our dog because we were gonna miss him. He’s been with us for five years.”
That night Leo’s father-in-law, who witnessed the whole thing, had a nervous breakdown and had to be hospitalized. When the family returned home from the hospital a few days later, they were shocked to see their dog alive.
I hope this is just bad reporting, but if it’s true, they left the bleeding dog to die without checking on him? The noticed that he was alive “a few days later”? These people are either extremely naive, stupid or or very bad pet owners. Of course, the behavior of the deputy is criminal.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
I live in Kansas and maybe they have different laws in different states but I was told by a police officer that they could not discharge their fire arms unless it was for self defense. He said that only the detective could do this. Around here when a dog bites someone it is picked up and kept for a while for rabies and there has to be a complaint drawn up that the dog did bite someone.
Everything this officer did is against the law here.
How could this officer just take this poor dog out and shoot it right there? What right did he have? No proof, no warrant, shooting a gun in the city limits, using a fire arm other then for self defense, and I could go on an on.
This is terribly wrong! He would not have taken my dog without a fight.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Pam, Don: The behavior of the family is also very disturbing. Are they living in some part of the country where it’s considered “normal” to just “up and shoot critters” and leave them in the yard to rot?
I understand that another family member was hospitalized, so they just “forgot” Bobby was left in the yard?
At least they got him vet treatment eventually.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Unbelievable - whatever happened to warrants - appear in court - having the Humane Society put the dog down the correct way - shooting someone’s dog in the front yard… OMG what is our country coming to. This is horrific. I think I would have been standing between me and the dog. Doesn’t need proof - Unbelievable - simply unbelievable
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:50 pm
This is a perfect example of why Cops want gun control. Some citizens are not quite as cowed by unibrow with a tin star as these folks were.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:30 pm
IT IS PRETTY DISCUSTING THAT THIS IS A DEPUTY, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE LAW. THIS PERSON OBVIOUSLY IS IN THE WRONG PROFESSION. WHAT A BARBARIC ACT ON A POOR ANIMAL, WITH OTHERS WATCHING NO LESS! SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM DELIVERANCE TO ME. HOW SICK!
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
I am so OVER the cops. They are BULLIES. They become cops specifically for the purpose of having license to behave like BULLIES.
Stefani
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Aren’t the kids that watched the shooting, mentally scarred for life? Seems that alone would be worth the deputy paying out of his pay check for the rest of his life after the initial lawsuit.
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm
OMG this is the third time I’ve read a story of a cop shooting a pet in as many days! This is unbelievable! I’m with Stefani, cops are BULLIES!
It’s lawsuit time!
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
I sent this to Itchmo earlier today - a different story, with a different cast of characters.
Check it out:
http://www.wlky.com/news/14674336/detail.html
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Itchmo, I’m getting a little sick and tired of you constantly feeling the need to print negative articles about police officers. It’s bad enough that we have to deal with the onslaught of the mainstream media constantly focusing on the negative with police work. If you are going to print the negative at least print the positive things we do as well. Which by far outweighs the negative but you people will not stop until all of America is convinced that we are incompetent.
I have been a police officer for over 15 years. I am an animal LOVER as are many of my co-workers. Of my 6 animals (2 dogs and 4 cats) ALL BUT ONE are rescues. Just last week we came across an abandoned, underweight, sickly Boxer pup on the streets at about 1 am. Did we call Animal Control? No, I searched around until I found her a home. A dispatcher at the Communications Center who actually had been with her family at the pound that week looking to adopt a dog, took the pup her home after we introduced them.
I cannot tell you of the countless officers at my own agency who have rescued strays and/or abused animals by taking them into their homes. A few months back we responded a house fire where the homeowner lost two of his three dogs to the blaze. His third dog, a 15 year old German Shephard named Ben was in critical condition due to smoke inhalation. It was about 2am and we gave him a police escort to a 24 hour vet that we searched the yellow pages for. Unfortunately Ben died the next day.
There is a male sergeant who works for us that has FOURTEEN cats, at least ten of which he rescued while on duty.
I am not naive enough to think that all cops are great. They aren’t. Since we are human, we have bad apples just like every other profession. The story about this deputy, if accurate, makes me sick.
BUT- most of us are decent, hardworking and honest and I am sick to death of how you, the media, only want to focus on when cops do wrong.
Thanks to you, people like Stefani make the comments they do.
Here’s a thought, how about being balanced in your reporting.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Peace2us, cops are given authority greater than the average citizen. As such, they have a higher responsibility to behave in accordance with the law. When so many flagrantly disregard what they are sworn to uphold, it becomes clear that there is a failure of of the system and, hell yes, it’s news.
Instead of slamming Itchmo for telling it like it is, why don’t you suggest a way to prevent or correct the situation?
And for the record, I’m over 40, ex-military, and I’ve met lots of your brothers in blue - the majority of whom where nothing more than playground bullies who’ve found a bigger yard with a larger population to terrorize. I lost my trust in them long before I even knew Itchmo existed.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:36 am
A.C.,
Until you have met the majority of cops in the U.S. you cannot make the assessment “the majority of whom are nothing more than playground bullies…”
I stand by my assessment of the media. Controversey sells ad time and ad space. Covering stories that only portray cops in a negative light does more damage than you can imagine. If a cop does something awesome in California, it does not make the news in Florida. But if a cop screws up in California you can bet it will make the news in Florida. How is that fair and balanced? How are people supposed to make a proper assessment of police when all that is shown is negative. The media’s focus is not truth but profit and we are all suffering as a result.
Like I said before, if the story about the deputy is accurate, it makes me sick and he should loose his job and I fully understand that there are bad cops out there, some very bad. They need to be dealt with and they make me as sick as they do you.
I do not need a reminder from you about how cops are held to a higher standard. I am fully aware of and adhere to the motto of my agency, “Courage, Pride, Committment.” Quite frankly, we all as citizens should be held to the same high standard.
It is not right to focus mainly on the negative of a profession that offers much more positive. It skews public opinion and it continues to erode public confidence in what is an honerable profession.
In the amount of time we have written these posts, cops across this country have properly handled thousands of calls for service and helped countless people. None of these incidents will ever make the news and you will never know about them. It does not however make them any less newsworthy then when an officer does wrong.
Stay safe.
November 24th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Peace2Us, thank you to you and your fellow police officers who are kind, compassionate and law abiding. I agree that many stories of the good you do get lost and the bad gets the attention of the media. I needed to hear your reminder that, just because we seem to have a rash of police killing animals (and other acts of violence), it doesn’t represent the majority of police officers. Sometimes it’s too easy to react to the horrors of the situation without stopping to think.
I, too, was concerned with some of the family responses ~ like they didn’t get the dog to a vet IMMEDIATELY? or even know whether the dog was dead or alive? That just doesn’t make sense to me.
Thank you, Peace2Us, and you, too, stay safe.
November 24th, 2007 at 9:11 am
What kind of pet owner would take their dog out to a tree, tie it up, and let someone shoot it in front of his kids?
Everyone involved in this story sounds mentally ill to me.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Peace2us,
It is good that you feel the way you do about animals. Maybe you can change how those of your colleagues behave. Itchmo certainly does print
“news” that has to do with cops and animals when it is positive, it just so happens there has been an incredible rash of news stories of cops shooting dogs. If you email itchmo links to news stories printed in other media that tell positive stories about cops and animals, I am sure Itchmo will print those too. It’s not ITCHMO’s fault that there aren’t any of those in other news stories to reprint. Find them, send them, they will print them. In the meantime, your shame is no reason for them to stop printing these stories. Hiding from the truth doesn’t make it any less the truth.
And BTW, my impression of cops as bullies is not just based on these stories here. Just one exapmle: My mother had a little 6 pound maltese dog with a collapsed trachea and a a permanently messed up leg so that he essentially had 3 legs. She would take him outside to pee and she couldn’t put him on a leash because of his trachea — any pressure on his trachea would trigger a coughing fit. The dog could barely walk, anyway. So some cop saw her and she was in violation of the leash law — it is true, she was in violation of the leash law, but she was right outside her condo (within 10 feet of the door) with a dog that could barely walk.
My mother was 70 at the time, the cop grabbed her by the arm, physically detaining her and preventing her from re-entering her building, while he yelled at her, and quite absurdly, called for “backup” on a 70 year old woman and her crippled dog. He handled her so roughly that he left bruises all over her arm. She is an elderly woman, for crying out loud. These bruises were documented by me — and by her doctor. She was going to try to do something legally but feared the cops doing something even worse to her. Big man.
In another event cops came to pick up a frail elderly man who had collapsed in front of my door. We had called them and said we thought he needed to be taken to the hospital. The grabbed him, stood him up, and shoved him telling him to “move on.” He was mumbling and had no idea where he was. They continued to shove him around, he fell down. I felt awful that I had called them. I told them “No, No, he’s not hurting anyone, he’s not bothering anyone, he’s just sick and disoriented!” I had to physically get in between the cops and the man, and told them that I was watching them and I was not leaving until they called an ambulance for the man. Tthe little old man was black, the cops were white. Finally they did call an ambulance but I was afraid to leave the man.
Here in the last couple of years off duty cops have shot people under very suspicious circumstances. A 14 year old boy was shot, the cop clams he was shooting at him, but no gun has been found. I don’t believe the cops, and I don’t think most people do either. Another cop shot someone off duty in road rage incident because someone cut him off in the parking lot.
Don’t tell us to ignore the facts. Itcho SHOULD print these stories about cops shooting dogs — maybe if it gets this kind of reaction out of you, YOU will do something from the INSIDE to stop this behavior. Until then, your shame is no justification for abridging the freedom of the press. The ugly truth is just that — the ugly truth.
Stefani
November 24th, 2007 at 10:20 am
PS — Peace2Us,
Hopefully, you have noticed what ITCHMO is and does. ITCHMO reprints and provides links to stories published in OTHER NEWS SOURCES that related to animals. ITCHMO, with the exception of its columns (usually product reviews) does not GENERATE news.
If ITCHMO refused to print stories about cops shooting dogs, then they WOULD BE BIASED. They cannot, IMHO, choose to suppress news coverage to protect your feelings or heck — the feelings of vets or shelters or breeders (many of which have gotten some pretty bad coverage lately). If they filtered the news and cherrypicked what they would print, that would be “bias.”
If there are a bunch of published news stories about cops shooting animals and it bothers you, like I said, send ITCHMO links to the positive stories. If there aren’t any of those — well, it’s true that controversy and bad news is what gets covered, but cops aren’t being singled out on that. This is the same in every area. We don’t get an update on the news every night giving us the numbers of all the troops that are in Iraq that HAVEN’T been killed, we just hear about the ones who have, that’s the way it is.
It is not ITCHMO’s fault that this (cops shooting dogs) is what is in the news. They have to reprint without prejudice these stories sent to them, if they didn’t, they would lose their value as a “grand central station” of today’s pet-related news. But they aren’t generating this content. If you are upset that more positive content isn’t out there about cops and animals, why not go organize some kind of charitable volunteer organization of cops serving homeless pets or something like that — and then go about trying to get coverage for it? Send Itchmo the link, they will print it.
Thank you ITCHMO, for the service you provide, pointing us to ALL the news about pets that is republished from OTHER sources.
Stefani
November 24th, 2007 at 11:21 am
First of all - What the H**L is wrong with the dog’s owner????? What was he thinking - to get the dog and tie him up to a tree for the cop to shoot him? That must be looked at, too!
Yes, there are too many of these stories where cops are totally abusing their authority - entering premises without the proper legal due process, acting as judge, jury and executioner. In the absolutely heartbreaking story on this site last week cops “raided” a wrong address, realized their mistake yet continued to hold the family hostage while they looked around the house and one of them shot dead their family dog because he thought it was going to attack him - it did not attack him -though it would have been perfectly reasonable and legal if he had since these people came into his home and were CLEARLY threatening his family.
So many of the comments say “lawsuit”, “sue the cops and the city”…NO! Certainly, that is something the families can do - but what they MUST do is file CRIMINAL CHARGES. These actions are abuse of power, criminal trespassing, search and seizure without a warrant or due process of law - even kidnapping (preventing innocent/uncharged people with leaving or walking around their home?) All of this is against our Constitution, which despite having taken some very hard hits these past few years still is -yo my knowledge, STILL THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! Oh, to be sure, the police department in their constant maneuvers to cover up for the bad apples and take no responsibility for the consequences of their actions - will not be very cooperative; demand criminal charges be filed anyway and go to the District Attorney, your Congressman and/or the local and city newspapers and radio stations if you have to. These abuses will not end until the people who do them are made to PERSONALLY ACCOUNT for their outrageous actions!!!
November 24th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Good heavens! Had I not had my own brushes with Animal Control, I might not have believed this. WHEN did any law enforcement officer claim authority to perform “euthanasia by bullet”!!
November 24th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Let’s see here in the Chicago area we’ve had a drunk cop beating up a female bartender. Of course all his fellow cops defended him until the little problem of a VIDEOTAPE came up. Then we had cops beating up business men leaving a downtown restaurant…oh yes, they were defended too until way too many witnesses came forward.
And of course, let’s not forget Drew Peterson…..his third wife had blunt trauma to her head and died in a dry bathtub, but her death was ruled a drowning. Now she’s dug up and the authorities say ‘gee maybe something suspicious did happen.’
My own experience with police (as a white middle class resident) doesn’t give me much more confidence. Let’s see there was the time I got sideswiped by a van - when the cop arrived he ordered me to get out of the street or he would arrest me. Turns out I had a concussion which why I was having some problems following directions- my complaint to the police review board got ‘lost’ 3 times. Oh, and did I mention he refused to call an ambulance for me because ‘I looked just fine to him.’ So not only are the cops playing judge, jury and executioner, apparently some of them think they have medical degrees as well.
Is it any wonder that in Chicago if you need help you call THE FIRE DEPARTMENT?
I’m sure there are wonderful policemen and women out there, but if they don’t speak out against rogue cops, then they are as culpable as the rogues themselves.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Better yet, email the department directly and express your displeasure with the nut with gun. Rambo is a movie and has no need for being in a nice community. The law is for everyone. Address to submit your comments to the sheriff below.
http://www.tetonwyo.org/resour....._id=sherif
November 24th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Stefani,
I NEVER stated that Itchmo should not print negative stories about the police. Never said that at all. But the mainstream media does a horrible job of presenting balanced information about police work and the positive things police do. If Itchmo is going to pull headlines from the media for this website then they should be balanced and fair in their representation.
As far as a “rash” police officers shooting dogs, do you know how many thousands of animal complaint calls officers respond to in the U.S. daily that do NOT result in the animal being shot? Just because you read a few stories a week or month of an officers shooting an animal does not mean there is some sort of nationwide problem.
Although, I will make it perfectly clear, if the story of the deputy shooting the dog in Idaho is accurate, then it is abhorrent and that agency deserves any negative publicity and subsequent lawsuits.
As for the other poster who mentioned the officers serving the warrant on the wrong house and shooting the dog. There is NO excuse for that. The agency will be sued, the officers involved are looking at the very least lengthy suspensions, demotion, or termination. And they should be subjected to such severe punishment. This will force that agency to re-examine their policies on how they execute warrants and it will hopefully result in change for the better. BUT on the day that happened, how many search warrants were executed throughout the U.S. where it was the correct address and criminal activity was stopped. PROBABLY SEVERAL THOUSAND. But because one agency errs people feel free to bash all agencies?
Are all priests pedophiles?
Are all baptist ministers cheating on their wives with prostitutes?
Are all male teachers or boy scout leaders child molestors?
The last 20 armed robbery calls I’ve responded to,(I’m in Central Florida) the suspects were young black males. Does that mean I think all young black males are robbers? Absolutely not.
2CATMOM,
As for the video of the cop beating the female bartender while the guys stood buy. I was estatic there was video, I hope the piece of garbage looses his job and goes to prison. Domestic Violence is a horrendous plague on this country. The number one health threat to women above all else is violence from a man they know. When a woman becomes pregnant, the risk of her being subject to violence increases dramatically. The issue is much larger than you can imagine unless you work in a related field. But let me tell you of the hundreds of people I’ve taken to jail for domestic violence, not one of them made the press. It’s not news when John Doe beats Jane Doe but it happens every minute in the U.S. It’s one of the most common calls we respond to. It’s horrible. Cops are on the front lines battling this epidemic.
Back to you Stefani,
As for the story about your mom and the officer, based on the information you have provided, there’s no excuse for the officers’ behavior.
I have never been ashamed of my profession and I will never will be. I work with some of the most fantastic people and we have performed a lot of community service helping both animals and people. And I will not sit still and let people bash an entire profession that I am dedicated to based on a media that consistently focuses only on the negative to sell papers and get ratings.
I am asking you to take each of us as an individual and not judge all of us around the country our even in your jurisdication based on the actions of a few. At least give us that.
A few links:
http://journals.aol.com/ourbel.....diogi-/725
http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBP81V6VSE.html
http://www.policek9.com/html/valor.html
http://www.odmp.org/year.php
Final Advice:
If you encounter an officer who you feel is not providing you a proper service, ask for his/her name and badge number and ask to have a supervisor respond to the scene. If the officer refuses to provide you his information or bring a supervisor to the scene REMAIN CALM write down notes on the incident when you get home and go the agency’s Internal Affairs or Professional Standards division and file a complaint. Follow through with your complaint until you are properly satisfied.
November 24th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
How can a police evil man ust come up to you and say he needs to kill your dog and you let him. It’s just sick.
November 24th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Peace2us, if you ever get sick of central FL, please consider* continuing your law enforcement career in northwestern South Carolina.
-PBL
*Unless, of course, you “hate all ‘pit bulls’” as stated by one city police officer who recently paid a courtesy visit to our home. Bunny the Pit Bull - who was obviously and securely restrained - wiggled, wagged, and pranced in an effort to win him over as a friend, but he wasn’t interested. (She still wants to be buddies, by the way, so if any reluctant, nervous, or breed-prejudiced person is reading this…)
November 24th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
PBL,
I have a pit bull mix rescue named Onyx…Got him from the pound 12 years ago. :)
It’s the people that ruin a breed.
November 24th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Peace2us, if you’re going to quote me, do so accurately.
“And for the record, I’m over 40, ex-military, and I’ve met lots of your brothers in blue - the majority of whom were nothing more than playground bullies who’ve found a bigger yard with a larger population to terrorize. I lost my trust in them long before I even knew Itchmo existed.”
My comment about the “majority of whom” refers, obviously, to those I have met, not the entire population of cops in the US, so save the drama.
And I stand by my observation. Very rarely have officers I’ve met been the rescuers or peacemakers they should have been. One shoved an intoxicated young woman half his size into a brick wall with her arm twisted up behind her back, her purse spilling all over the sidewalk. Another enjoyed - and paid for - a stripper’s dance night after night, then arrested her after the club had closed for drinking and driving.
The worst - a terrible attack on a teenage girl was given a cursory investigation because (and I quote), “That kind of stuff doesn’t happen in this town.” so, of course, despite the physical (and emotional) scars that child carries still today, she “had to be lying”.
So, Peace2us, until you have been in MY shoes, don’t you dare presume to judge my opinion of those who are supposed to be PROTECTORS.
November 24th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
After re-reading the above, I tried to lighten the emotional overtones a bit, but my edits failed to save.
All I’d like to add is that my opinion of police officers didn’t come from an excess of negative news articles, but from real experiences. I would give a lot, as a single mom raising a daughter in today’s society, to know that I had at least one person I could count on to defend me. At one time, I believed I did; today, I do not.
A.C.
November 24th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
All I can say is, had this kind of deputy shown up at my door, the response from either my boyfriend or myself would have been the same: “F*ck you,” with a slammed door.
I also have to say I’m not the least bit impressed with the law enforcement here in South Carolina and I worked with the Wichita Police for 15 years. Was married to a cop. Had the greatest respect for them. Now, I’m taking a second look.
November 24th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I say tie that damn “officer” up, shoot him three times and leave him to bleed to death. This is NO DIFFERENT than those two monstrous girls torching the 3 month old kitten Adam trapped in a cage.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
A.C.
The way you worded your first post it was very difficult for me to think anything other then you dislike all law enforcement as a whole in general. Your second post does nothing to change my mind.
Obviously either I have misunderstood you, or you have failed to express yourself exactly as you meant to.
Perhaps we are both being “dramatic.”
At any rate thank you for your service in the military to our country.
Stay Safe.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Peace2us, there’s no misunderstanding - you read me perfectly.
You’re welcome - and likewise. Despite my experiences, I wish no one harm. May you and yours have a safe and lovely Christmas.
November 24th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
And back OT, the owner’s belief that he must comply with the officer’s command, despite the cop’s flagrantly cruel intentions, is sad; the shooting of the dog is grotesque; and the fact the dog suffered for days with no care, tied to a post suffering alone in agony, is absolutely horrific.
The only bright spot is that Bobbi is recovering.
November 25th, 2007 at 1:19 am
The owner of the dog did what he did due to his ignorance of the law. As we all know there are many people in authority take advantage of that.
I do not think the owner left the dog suffered. He must have thought the dog was already dead until he and his family came home from the hospital.
November 25th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I hear what you are sying Lynn! Sad times we live in. Where has respect for others gone? What about personal responsibility? And what about personal freedoms where we can be secure in our homes?
It takes good people to stand up to the bad. That is our American heritage (womens suffrage, banning child labor, civil rights, etc.) and we can continue the great work that went on before us.
Robert
November 25th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Peace2us: I can only judge the performance of the police department in my city by mine and my fmaily’s and friends’ experiences.
I did ask for the officers’ information - that’s when he threatened to arrest me. I did file a complaint - 3 times in fact over a period of 18 months, but somehow it just kept getting ‘lost’. A grew up in a lilly white upper middle class neighborhood where the police were your friends. That’s all gone now. My parents still live in that suburb and even they don’t trust the police. The nice local suburban police. Nope - too many things have happened involving those police that even they, nice law-abiding people, fear the police.
Years of corruption, police getting away with murder (literally), no accountability takes its toll. If my 80 year old parents don’t trust the suburban cops, that says it all.
You reap what you sow. If cops want my respect, they’ll have to earn it. Otherwise, my attitude is “you’ll enter my house after I see the warrant and call my lawyer and the media”. Because the media is the only reason that change is made. The average person is helpless against the thugs they hire to be cops today.
The beaten bartender - the police department saw the tapes and did NOTHING until it turned up on the 10 PM news. Drew Peterson’s third wife would have rotted in her grave for eternity except for the media bringing this item to the public’s attention.
I thank G-d for the media - they are the only ones who can focus enough attention on these incidents. And I don’t care if their motive is ratings, sensationalism, etc. at least they are doing what no one else has the ability to do.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
of the 9,999+ responces for this not 1 has questioned how this guy got his job. Certainly you must demonstrate some resemblence to a PROTECTING AND SERVING person somewhere in the interview process. perahps a look into career history could uglify things even more than they are
December 1st, 2007 at 4:05 am
I’m from Driggs, Idaho…
Figured I’d let ya’ll know that Bobby did live… Hahaha… Just for your information… And they’re dealing with Deputy Gutierrez accordingly.
December 1st, 2007 at 4:18 pm
This is a joke. Wherever you are getting your sources, you need to recheck them. First of all, the 8 officers you listed as working for Teton county, Idaho, only four of them are still employed there. The first one on the list, Zane Manhart, has not worked for that Sheriff’s Department for almost a year. Then, you don’t even have the name of the officer who actually shot the dog. Maybe you should get your facts straight before you publicize this kind of information for the world to see.
January 16th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Anybody try shooting my dogs for no reason, and I’ll take my 12gauge shotgun and blow two holes in their ass the size of two frying pans! My dogs are my family to me, and I will protect them like precious gems, most dogs will lay their lives down protecting their owner(s) I feel I should do the same! Anybody that shoots and kills my dogs will go through a living hell with me. The next door neighbor has a flock of sheep and says he shoots dogs that enter his property even if they are not intimidating the sheep. I told him you shoot one of my dogs buddy and it will be ten of your sheep! He don’t mess with me or my dogs. I don’t mean to scare anybody just a friendly warning!
February 18th, 2008 at 3:53 am
that’s soo awful!
grrr.
June 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
MY DOG WAS MURDERED TODAY!!!!!
In Elgin, TX, police entered the property to “cut through” to get to a small fire in a lot behind the house. He did not identify himself as a police officer, or that he was entering the property. I heard no “wooop” warning siren to notify me.
The dogs were in the house, and only ran out to the yard when the intruder, Officer Hernandez, was right next to my truck. Understandably, my dog ran out to warn off. He reacted aggressively by yelling and drawing a weapon, she reacted, and bit his thumb as he shot her in the head.
How is this right? How can I get help? I’m SO frustrated and sad and shocked.
Jonathan
Jongryder@yahoo.com
October 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Please I hope an SPCA group will get involved. No deputy should get away with telling a citizen that he does not need proof of complaints against a dog or that the dog has been declared a dangerous animal. The deputy should be brought up on charges as the family has plenty of witness and a video to boot!!! I have forwarded the video to a legal aide group for the rights of animals.