kagua's Blog

The thing that really upset me about it was the statement that it would be treated as a "training issue".That might be true as far as it goes with his employment, but his liabality would go into the civil courts . Shame on him for the needless pain he has caused this family.No one knows if the little dog could have been saved or not....but it should have been every chanch. It is as bad as saying"it's just a kid...you can have another one"!

I think that community service at a shelter is a good idea along with a face-to-face apology to the family. As much as I love my sweet dog and consider her a member of the family, I see no value of suing the officer. She could never be "replaced." But if I could save someone from having a similar experience with this officer or others, that would be something of value. It would have been nice if he provided an escort to the family, or even transferred the dog to his car to help speed the process along, that would have been a real "feel good" story and great PR for the law enforcement agency.

EVER HEARD THE SAYING"PETS ARE PEOPLE TOO"? THEY ARE PART OF THE FAMILY AND MORE SO FOR YOUNG KIDS.i THINK THE COP NEEDS A GOOD A@@ WOOPIN.MAYBE THE DOG WOULD HAVE DIED ANYWAY BUT HE COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO TRY TO HELP.THE BAD THING IS ALOT OF THESE COPS TREAT PEOPLE THE SAME WAY.

the law suit may be filed on principle alone but they will only get replacement cost...I am a huge pet person...all of my children have 4 legs, so i do agree it's wrong, but the courts see pets as just a diffrent form of live stock, and unfortunately no one will award pain and suffering on a cow...100 miles an hour on an open stretch of highway is really not that high...only 30 over the spped limit, and for any of us that have had a severly injured family member or even a new born on the way have been a bit lead footed at one time or another. At least the couple had their emergency flashers on...it's not le they were driving crazy, just fast...the officer obviously forgot his job is to SERVE and protect...he frogot the serve part...he should have offered them an escort and written the ticket once they were at the vet hospital if he needed a ticket on his book that bad. I don't know if a lawsuit would solve the problem, but it waould at least give the guy a headache...which is nothing compared to the heartache the family is going thru. He needs to do some community service with the humane society, or for people with service animals. I am sure he would have not said,"it's just a dog" if it would have been a K-9 with a serious injury

Cops are notorious for disregarding animals. Heck, cops in League City, Santa Fe, La Porte, the City of Tiki Island, and even my own hometown of Pasadena are infamous for using strays as target practice, or brushing off animal cruelty complaints because they're just 'strays'.

If I was speeding to save my dog or cats' life and a cop tried to pull me over..well, he could just chase me to the hospital and ticket me there.