Hawthorne dog shooting: What police can learn from mail carriers
"There are many disturbing questions raised by the dog shooting by Hawthorne police. The video of a police officer shooting the 80-pound Rottweiler, Max, as the dog’s owner was being arrested has gone viral online and prompted outrage far beyond the South Bay city. The second most heartbreaking part of this video -- after the injured dog rolls over, flinching from the shots -- is the sound of the bystanders screaming and crying out in horror as they watch."
* "Why did Hawthorne police believe it necessary to arrest Rosby in the first place? If he was a threat to whatever police matter was being played out halfway down the block, it’s not apparent on the videotape; the police officers had to walk down the block to him. Knowing what’s about to happen, Rosby puts his dog in his car with the windows down, calmly turns around, places his hands behind his back and waits to be cuffed."
* "Police officers should be trained to employ a variety of approaches to dealing with a dog, including simply retreating. The tragedy of the Hawthorne situation is that there were probably a number of things the officers could have done differently so it never got to the moment of a lunging dog.
At the very least, the Hawthorne Police Department -- and other departments that may consider this a cautionary tale -- should offer better training for officers who find themselves confronted by dogs."
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ol-dog-shooting-hawthorne-police-tragedy-20130705,0,4511179.story
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