Salt Lake City police department clears officer who shot dog (I fucking knew it)

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Salt Lake City police department clears officer who shot dog
Investigation » Dog owner says the cop entered his fenced back yard illegally, vows to continue the fight.

By Harry Stevens

| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 01 2014 09:38 am • Last Updated Aug 01 2014 10:40 pm

The Salt Lake City Police Department said Friday that a police officer "acted within policy" when he shot a dog in its own fenced backyard last month during a search for a missing 3-year-old boy.

Officer Brett Olsen reasonably believed deadly force was necessary to protect himself from being killed or seriously injured by the dog, a Weimaraner named Geist, according to the police department.

The results of the department’s Internal Affairs investigation are similar to those released Friday by the independent Civilian Review Board, which exonerated Olsen for the complaint of excessive force the dog’s owner lodged against him.

The dog’s owner, Sean Kendall, maintains that Olsen entered his fenced back yard illegally and has vowed to pursue legal action against the department.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58250381-78/olsen-police-kendall-department.html.csp

A dog was murdered on his own property, that a cop bust into, didn't attack anyone and is gunned down. All because police say there is a "missing child" that did not exist.