Officer charged in Commerce City dog shooting

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An officer who fatally shot a dog in Commerce City will be charged with a felony, the district attorney's office has announced.

Commerce City Police Officer Robert Price was filmed last month shooting 3-year-old Chloe, a mixed breed dog.
Police asked the district attorney's office to conduct an investigation into the incident.
According to a news release from the office, investigators found evidence to charge Price with aggravated cruelty to animals.
Other parts of the case are still under investigation.
The home made video was posted on social media and quickly sparked questions and anger from animal advocates and pet lovers.
In a statement after the incident, police called the dog "vicious."
"For the safety of the community and the officers on scene, the officer fired his weapon multiple times to put down the dog and ensure the safety of everyone," police said.
An animal control officer who was also present had a catch pole noose around Chloe, but police said the dog remained agitated and uncontrolled.
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"An animal control officer who was also present had a catch pole noose around Chloe, but police said the dog remained agitated and uncontrolled."

And this is what will fuck this guy.

I am shocked.

YIPPE KI AY..bout time someone closed the Donut Hole Loop.

Hmm. I figured there'd be charges. But I didn't expect felony charges.

This is AWESOME!

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Hmm. I figured there'd be charges. But I didn't expect felony charges.

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Maybe he'll get to bunk w/ you..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-fZG_s3Fuw


Cop was just convicted in a rape case out of Denver PD. I was surprised, but if you wear a badge you have to be impeccable on duty. I still have my doubts, as she was a known prostitute and heroin addict. Too bad about the dog shooting, but if the dog somehow ripped a babys face off and it was filmed...the whole world be up in arms! They would be screaming why didn't the police do something! I am betting this whole thing is dropped.
I am also betting politics in involved in this prosecution.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingne...ree-bond-until

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Cop was just convicted in a rape case out of Denver PD. I was surprised, but if you wear a badge you have to be impeccable on duty. I still have my doubts, as she was a known prostitute and heroin addict. Too bad about the dog shooting, but if the dog somehow ripped a babys face off and it was filmed...the whole world be up in arms! They would be screaming why didn't the police do something! I am betting this whole thing is dropped.
I am also betting politics in involved in this prosecution.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingne...ree-bond-until

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Given the circumstances it is understandable there are charges. He shot it, the animal control officer had control of it, and then he shot the dog again multiple times. He missed as well during this string, putting the heavily residential neighborhood at risk as well as the animal control officer. Excessive use of force and endangered bystanders.

With the rather reckless employment of his sidearm, the officer posed a much larger risk to the public than the dog ever could have.
This whole situation was a fail all the way around, from the animal control officer that did not/could not gain control of the animal, to trigger happy, to Commerce City trying to play CYA in the aftermath only to be outed in the video and then to try and backstroke faster than Micheal Phelps.

Fail!

I don't know anything about this. Why were they trying to capture the dog?

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Cop was just convicted in a rape case out of Denver PD. I was surprised, but if you wear a badge you have to be impeccable on duty. I still have my doubts, as she was a known prostitute and heroin addict. Too bad about the dog shooting, but if the dog somehow ripped a babys face off and it was filmed...the whole world be up in arms! They would be screaming why didn't the police do something! I am betting this whole thing is dropped.
I am also betting politics in involved in this prosecution.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingne...ree-bond-until

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I didn't see any babies in that video just a dog being shot for no particular reason, you should be outraged but based on your assessment of someone who was raped being insignificant because they are a prostitute I can't say I'm surprised.

not sure what the circumstances were but the dog was in its garage during the whole video until they pulled it out and the officer shot it. sorry but you can't do that. If it were my dog I'd want charges pressed as well.

I would venture to guess this will probably ruin his law enforcement career if he is convicted.

Convicted fellows can't be in possession of firearms after all.

But let's not forget, he is innocent of all charges at this point. He is only charged with the crime. The prosecutor will have to prove his guilt in a court of law.

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not sure what the circumstances were but the dog was in its garage during the whole video until they pulled it out and the officer shot it.

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That's what it looked like to me too, but I don't know the facts. From the video it looked to me like the dog never left the garage and was simply barking at people coming at him. Darn near every other dog would do the same thing.

So I guess it comes down to why they were trying to get him. Did he bite a neighborhood kid? Did they need to enter the garage to search it? Or was he simply off leash and someone called the dog catcher?

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not sure what the circumstances were but the dog was in its garage during the whole video until they pulled it out and the officer shot it. sorry but you can't do that. If it were my dog I'd want charges pressed as well.

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A neighbor called animal control because of a barking dog. The police and animal control arrived and did nothing for nearly 30 minutes, the dog just sat in the garage and then the officers made the decision to do what you see on the video.

The dog was in the garage and one officer hit twice with a tazer which is when it retreats back into the garage. Then it just wants to get away from the persons that just shot it with the tazer, the animal control officer gets the catch pole on it as it tries to run by and the one officer opens fire on a captured dog and kills it. At least one round completely missed and hit the animal control officer's truck and fragments of another round were found across the street in a neighbors driveway.

I am pro LE all the way but these guys were wrong, lied on their reports and the city administration lied about it until the video came out and they had to back track and actually start a "real" investigation. I hope that the charges stand and the officers, that violated their public trust, are prosecuted the same way you or I would be if we had pulled the trigger on a animal and then lied about it.

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I don't know anything about this. Why were they trying to capture the dog?

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911 call as the dog was in front of the caller's house going apeshit.

This cop is an idiot for discharging his sidearm so recklessly, however I have ZERO sympathy for the dog owner. She left her dog with a friend and that friend didn't keep the dog restrained. The dog was on SOMEONE ELSE's property, and needed to be removed.

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911 call as the dog was in front of the caller's house going apeshit.

This cop is an idiot for discharging his sidearm so recklessly, however I have ZERO sympathy for the dog owner. She left her dog with a friend and that friend didn't keep the dog restrained. The dog was on SOMEONE ELSE's property, and needed to be removed.

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On boy... Here we go... Someone pass the pop corn.

Just saying, read the article and listen to the tape of the 911 calls, that's all. People are acting like this dog was on the owner's property and it wasn't. COMPLETELY changes the dynamic of the situation. Cop was a dumbass no doubt, but the whole thing could have been avoided if the owner and the person she left the dog with would have been responsible in the first place.

I like butter on my popcorn..

xx paper hunter whatever. Do you own a dog?
Ever go on vacation and leave it with someone, dog is scared owner gone dog barks wanders, can't find owner, asshole cop shoots AGGRESSIVE dog that is contained.

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xx paper hunter whatever. Do you own a dog?
Ever go on vacation and leave it with someone, dog is scared owner gone dog barks wanders, can't find owner, asshole cop shoots AGGRESSIVE dog that is contained.

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ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY not related to the owner or the person that was supposed to be looking after it.

No I do not currently own a dog because I travel too much for work to be a responsible owner. (see how that works) Had many of them in the past, and will again when life slows down a bit.

Point being, It's your dog, well proven to be potentially harmful to others, no matter the breed, it's your responsibility to take care of it, and if you're gone Kennel it or leave it with another RESPONSIBLE person. Would you leave your child or your firearms with someone that's not going to be responsible enough to keep close eye of them?

I get it, people love their dogs like children, I loved every dog I've owned in the past as well, but it's a responsibility that you've taken on willingly and unless you follow up on that, then you bear the consequences when things go wrong.

I'm not saying the cop should necessarily get off on this, What I'm saying is the owner bears some responsibility in this and is NOT the victim here.

I guess I should also point out that I don't think the dog should have been shot (especially the way it happened) What I'm saying is the owner doesn't have a bitch in my mind because she's the one who ultimately put the dog, property owners, and cops together in the same place. She could have prevented it.

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BEER

Good. Can't wait until that dirtbag actually gets convicted.

This is a good day for me, start two threads and two shit storms.[Beer][Pop]

Good!

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911 call as the dog was in front of the caller's house going apeshit.

This cop is an idiot for discharging his sidearm so recklessly, however I have ZERO sympathy for the dog owner. She left her dog with a friend and that friend didn't keep the dog restrained. The dog was on SOMEONE ELSE's property, and needed to be removed.

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Just saying, read the article and listen to the tape of the 911 calls, that's all. People are acting like this dog was on the owner's property and it wasn't. COMPLETELY changes the dynamic of the situation. Cop was a dumbass no doubt, but the whole thing could have been avoided if the owner and the person she left the dog with would have been responsible in the first place.

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ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY not related to the owner or the person that was supposed to be looking after it.

No I do not currently own a dog because I travel too much for work to be a responsible owner. (see how that works) Had many of them in the past, and will again when life slows down a bit.

Point being, It's your dog, well proven to be potentially harmful to others, no matter the breed, it's your responsibility to take care of it, and if you're gone Kennel it or leave it with another RESPONSIBLE person. Would you leave your child or your firearms with someone that's not going to be responsible enough to keep close eye of them?

I get it, people love their dogs like children, I loved every dog I've owned in the past as well, but it's a responsibility that you've taken on willingly and unless you follow up on that, then you bear the consequences when things go wrong.

I'm not saying the cop should necessarily get off on this, What I'm saying is the owner bears some responsibility in this and is NOT the victim here.

I guess I should also point out that I don't think the dog should have been shot (especially the way it happened) What I'm saying is the owner doesn't have a bitch in my mind because she's the one who ultimately put the dog, property owners, and cops together in the same place. She could have prevented it.

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ZERO sympathy for the owner. It's the owner's responsibility, and fault, etc. ad nauseum. [blah-blah]

Let's see here; the owner had someone watching the dog. That sounds fairly responsible; they didn't just leave the dog in their yard unattended. That someone sounds like the person who didn't do what they were supposed to. The way you're saying it, all dog owners are, by virtue of being dog owners, POTENTIALLY wreaking havoc, by proxy. Oh, and then we have the Police officer, who allegedly was a hell of a lot more IRRESPONSIBLE by discharging his duty weapon multiple times, all allegedly unnecessarily.

I'm not a cop basher. Many of my family are/were LE, and most of those that aren't are/were military. But if I'm going to have zero sympathy for anyone here, it's going to be this officer.

(Couldn't let y'all have your popcorn fer nuthin'...[ROFL1])

This guy needs to not be a police officer anymore. He made an extremely poor decision. I'm not sure he'll get the felony, but he will probably lose his job. The city's better off without him.

I'm sorry, you're right, EVERYTHING in this situation is all the Cop's fault, the owner of the dog has no stake in it besides being a victim. [Bang]

Pretty much.

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I'm sorry, you're right, EVERYTHING in this situation is all the Cop's fault, the owner of the dog has no stake in it besides being a victim. [Bang]

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Have you watched the video?

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I'm sorry, you're right, EVERYTHING in this situation is all the Cop's fault, the owner of the dog has no stake in it besides being a victim. [Bang]

Good god, wtf ever happened to people taking responsibility for their own actions, you know, like leaving a dog in the custody of someone who's not responsible enough to take care of it. If you love your dog so much why wouldn't you put it with someone who'll actually take proper care of it?

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All or nothing, eh? Figures. [fail]


Yes, I'm all about personal responsibility. How about exercising a little bit of it, and placing responsibility where it belongs - on the person who let the dog out. Is there previous history that shows the person who was watching the dog wasn't responsible enough? Or is this the first time they've done something like this? Unless you have factual knowledge that the owner was aware that the person who was watching the dog is irresponsible, I'd say the owner made a good effort at responsibility. Being the owner, they maintain some responsibility. However, SO DOES THE PERSON WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING THE DOG. [Bang]

Lumping 100% of the blame on the owner is the lazy way out of this situation. The world isn't black and white, slick.

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With the rather reckless employment of his sidearm, the officer posed a much larger risk to the public than the dog ever could have.
This whole situation was a fail all the way around, from the animal control officer that did not/could not gain control of the animal, to trigger happy, to Commerce City trying to play CYA in the aftermath only to be outed in the video and then to try and backstroke faster than Micheal Phelps.

Fail!

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I agree. I hope this officer finds himself in the "free cheese" line. With that many officers there and the animal control officer has the catch pole around the dog's neck, they should've handled that differently. Sad.

In other news...

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/2027...her-in-griffin

Mmmmmmm..... Popcorn......... [LOL]

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In other news...

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/2027...her-in-griffin

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Mmmmmmm..... Popcorn......... [LOL]

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beat me to it..

The guy may have made a mistake. The video is non conclusive. Doubtful the state will get a felony conviction. They will however spend a lot money in this process.