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Eric,
I thought I would repost this for momandgramma as it is now in the past Speak Out section
I hope to see a mention in the paper about the off duty law enforcement officer who ran a stop sign and hit a woman's car with 2 young children. From what I could gather no one was hurt thankfully. Will the officer be issued a citation for failure to yield and causing an accident? Guess we will see...
-- Posted by momandgramma
So everyone knows the off duty LEO was a highway patrol officer who admitted he ran the stop sign and hit the car, his boss showed up at the sight in his patrol car and was talking to the MPD officer (have no idea what was said) but in the offical report there is not one word about the stop sign!
Also just so everyone knows the 2 young kids are my grand daughters.
Eric I think the paper needs to look into this!
We'd be glad to look into it, but more information will help us find out what happened.
I just thought of something else about this dog thing. For several years Tom Ryburn was in charge of the Animal Shelter. It was his responsibility to see to the training and methods of the Animal Control Officers. You might say he wrote the book.
Whoever wrote that it was a travesty because an Animal Control Officer wasn't there is going to have to find some other avenue to express themselves. In other words, that dog won't hunt.
Come on people. Get real. A big mean dog will make mincemeat out of anybody or anything it attacks. The ankle biters are annoying, but a big dog, like a pit bull, are a real threat and are capable of doing great bodily harm, if not actually killing someone or something.
Tom Ryburn was there. He is a very capable law enforcement officer. In most situations, he can truthfully say "been there, done that." It took real guts on his part to go after that dog with only a catch pole. It takes two hands to operate a catch pole. His firearm would not have done him much good if the dog had got to him.
I would say Officer Ryburn had about a one per cent chance of snagging the dog with the catch pole before the dog got to him. Good job Officer Chamberlain.
As for pepper spray used on a mean, mad dog. If you depend on that, you are going to get bit. Sure, some postal workers and meter readers carry it. Ask one of them how effective it is on a really mad dog. Pepper spray gives some peace of mind but you can't depend on the stopping power.
I think Mr. Stouffer got this one right. You don't want to scar the kids' records for life, you want to teach them a lesson and make them pay for what they did. All of this was accomplished, plus a little more.
The conditions of the punishment are probably greater than if they had been prosecuted. What better way to teach them about their actions then to make them work and pay for what they did. Drag their names through the mud a little in the local paper with an ad they had to pay for and if you make good on all of it, then it goes away. It's the perfect end to a stupid crime.
I do believe it would of helped if the Democrat would have included the ad or at least the conditions of the punishment in the story. The headline didn't help either. I think the reaction would have been a little different if it had stated that punishment was given and not that charges were dropped. But, it is all about getting readers in any media outlet.
As an animal lover, I never like to see any animal shot, but, sometimes an animal is more of a risk than it's life is worth. The MPD was very patient in trying to find another resolution in this case. They spent 2 hours looking for the owners around town, an owner that nobody knew in the neighborhood. They only had a first name to go on, no last name and a vague vehicle description.
There is no bite suit as Mr. Crump states...could you see someone trying to chase a dog in a bite suit? Think people think. As for the animal control officers...2 of them, they are not police officers. They work a staggered shift throught out the day and are usually off by 8pm each day. No animal control officer was on duty at this time. If you want 24/7 ACO coverage...you will need to pay for it.
Everything was done to keep from shooting this dog, it's a shame it had to happen. But, MPD did a very good job for what they had to work with in this case. Take care of your animals, especially if you have a breed that their reputation arrives before the dog does. Leaving a pit bull on a porch with kids in the neighborhood, a pit bull that is known for previous aggressive behavior, is poor judgment on the dog owner's part. This is where the blame should be placed, not with MPD.