A 15-year-old high school student is recovering after being bitten by a police dog that somehow got out of a patrol vehicle.
The dog’s handler and two other officers were putting on a gun safety presentation at Nogales High School in Arizona on Thursday when the dog got out, police Capt. Heriberto Zuniga told the Nogales International.
Students suddenly ran into the classroom to tell them the dog was on the loose.
via Mail Online.
In the real world, if this had been me, I would be in jail and my dog would be on the chopping block awaiting a judges order to euthanize him. But since this was a .gov operative, the only one in actual peril is whoever opened the car door.
Also, I’d just like to call B.S. on the fuse lock thingy. My personal opinion is that someone is covering for a cop who forgot to lock the door. But even if true, would that explanation fly if it were my car or would I be held responsible because I should have checked the door to make sure it is locked? What I just can’t understand is why we continually let “Highly Trained Professionals(tm)” off the hook for mistakes the rest of us would hang for.
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As a 26 year cop here in the Tulsa area, I would add that, although not universally true (I have seen officers hung out to dry for what should have earned a slap on the wrist), what you say is true more often than not. It all depends on if the brass is afraid of repercussions that might reach to their level. If so, then every effort will be made to dismiss or minimize the problem to avoid civil liability, which they wouldn’t give a crap about for Joe Citizen.
It’s part of the mentality that is creeping into all levels of government service (including the cops) whereby those in the “.gov” no longer look at themselves as public servants, but as someone who is “better” than “the public”.