Dog vs. cat vs. cops

[DieselnHooters]

every pitbulls out there shoud serve 2 minutes in the penalty box

the penalty box being the tiger's cage at the zoo

lets see how they fare when the roles are reversed and its the cat thats 10 times larger than they are

 

[JDgreen227]

every pitbulls out there shoud serve 2 minutes in the penalty box

the penalty box being the tiger's cage at the zoo

lets see how they fare when the roles are reversed and its the cat thats 10 times larger than they are

Come on now, be fair...give the dogs a tree to climb once they get in the cage.

 

[Bird]

I've got to ask, when you you were in law enforcement, when you let people off for speeding when you had them breaking the speed limit, how did you determine if you should let them go with just a warning? Was is the story they told? or was it you just feeling in a "giving" mood at the time?

:laughing::laughing:Which time? There were quite a few over the years. I guess you could say it was the story they told. Perhaps the best story, and I had it happen more than once, was a guy driving like a bat outa you know where with his wife in labor in the car and neither I nor the pappa to be were anxious to deliver the baby ourselves.:laughing: In my day, we would turn on the red lights and siren and escort them to the hospital. But back then ambulance service was provided by funeral homes and they only loaded and hauled people. Any first aid at the scene was left to the police. But before I retired, rules changed. Instead of providing an emergency escort, the officers have to simply advise the expectant father to continue without breaking any traffic laws, or the officer can call a fire department ambulance to the scene.

Also, in my time, supervisors; i.e., sergeants and up, did not carry citation books. Citations are all numbered and each must be accounted for. Supervisors could call on the radio for an officer to bring them a citation, but that was not frequently done. Supervisors usually just gave violators a warning and let them go, unless it was a really flagrant violation. Of course I did make an exception once when I was lieutenant and stopped a young man who hit a 20 mph school zone at 60 mph when school children and a crossing guard were waiting to cross the road. I turned on my siren before we got to the school zone so the crossing guard held up the children. And that evening I did wait on an officer to bring me a citation to issue to that young man. He was hurrying to get home because he was expecting a phone call from his girlfriend.

 

[Sigarms]

every pitbulls out there shoud serve 2 minutes in the penalty box

the penalty box being the tiger's cage at the zoo

lets see how they fare when the roles are reversed and its the cat thats 10 times larger than they are

Funny, my cats seem kind of big to the mice they bring in. Should we throw the house cats in with the tigers as well?

Gosh darn it, why not the GSH's or the Dobermans as well? Heck, my one jack doesn't get along with woodchucks very well, how about her as well?

No offense, but you when cast a large net and say "every", it shows your intelligence.

 

[Sigarms]

OP here, I said "Bull Roar', not hogwash. And she fired ONE shot and killed the menacing dog. It's not like she was spraying a clip all over the neighborhood. Total over reaction by the cops, IMO. I live next door to a city policeman and he agrees with me 100%.

I'm guessing the cops were just covering their butt. Better to write the person up and have the DA's office look like the hero than not to write them up and perhaps get crucified for not doing so.

 

[RoyJackson]

Picky, picky, picky.....!!!! :laughing:

Since it was a wheelgun, can we agree on "cylinder"....?

Actually, we gun enthusiasts are a bit picky when it comes to "magazine" versus "Clip".

As far as the revolver having a cylinder...yep, we agree.

 

[JB4310]

Hope I don't have to start a thread "Contractor vs Dog vs Burly Tattooed Woman" today.

I've got a job to do this afternoon for a woman who has a giant Bullmastiff, she claims he is friendly, but the way he was pulling on his chain, looked like he would break his collar, trying to get at me, when I looked at the job last night.

Of course for me to even be able to start the thread, I would have to win against the dog, who looked like he could eat half of me before he felt full.
Then, even if I defeated the dog I would have face the woman, who looked like she could bench press me

Every home I've ever been in people say their dogs don't bite, sometimes even while the dog has their teeth in my leg
Mostly the little dogs that "surprise" the owners by sampling my pant leg.
No one has ever said I have a bad dog.

JB

 

[Car Doc]

One thing for sure there has never as far as I know been an instance where a domestic house cat has attacked and killed or mauled someone or a dog and had to have someone come and shoot it to save the person or dog.

Or someone that contracts jobs like JB and goes from place to place wondering if he will get this or that job done w/o getting chewed up with that cat looking at him in the yard! :laughing: Now the tattooed woman that scares me too!

 

[JDgreen227]

One thing for sure there has never as far as I know been an instance where a domestic house cat has attacked and killed or mauled someone or a dog and had to have someone come and shoot it to save the person or dog.

Or someone that contracts jobs like JB and goes from place to place wondering if he will get this or that job done w/o getting chewed up with that cat looking at him in the yard! :laughing: Now the tattooed woman that scares me too!

Well stated.....

 

[Iplayfarmer]

As I see it in the original situation the law worked just as it should have. Just because the lady was charged doesn't mean she was convicted. LEO's should have some discretion, but shouldn't have to act as judge and jury. The lady was charged because she did break the law. The DA didn't prosecute, and the lady probably didn't even have to pay court costs. In a different situation under different circumstances, there may have been a case to prosecute. This is obviously a controversial issue as demonstrated by the amount of discussion on this thread. It requires more consideration than is likely in the heat of the moment. I don't think the LEO should have to make that decision everytime. For all we know the LEO approached the DA and told him/her that the lady ought to get off scott free.

I don't agree with everything Sigarms has said, but I enthusiastically agree with him that if you don't like the law, get it changed. This is especially true for City Ordinances. On a small scale like that, an individual with a voice should be able to make sensible change. Perhaps a law like Bird quoted that specifically calls out the right to protect life and property could be adopted.