This seems to have been a rather serious attack on the part of the as-yet-unidentified Belgian Malinois but even so shooting it to death is a drastic measure that points out how dangerous these animals can be in their normal duties. It's curious that the handlers that train these creatures, and are trained themselves to carry out this training and use in the field, apparently have no other method available than killing the dog when it does what it is trained to do to crime suspects.
Texas law states this:
(5) a felony of the second degree if the person commits an offense under Subsection (b)(6) or (7) by:
(A) killing a police service animal or engaging in conduct likely to kill the animal;
(B) injuring a police service animal in a
manner that materially and permanently affects the ability of the animal
to perform as a police service animal; or
(C) engaging in conduct likely to injure a
police service animal in a manner that would materially and permanently
affect the ability of the animal to perform as a police service animal.
Maybe if a cop shoots a cop dog, even though the dog is a cop himself, it's OK, although it's a crime for a non-cop to even resist a K-9. Parenthetically, what happened to the deceased dog? Was he given a state funeral with thousands of other handlers and cop dogs from all over the country in attendance, as is so often the case when a human cop falls in action? Is a marble headstone being planned for his grave site? Surely there will be a marked grave. The idea that it will be disposed of in some dishonorable manner is too disgusting to contemplate.
Will a parking ramp or other city facility in Waco carry the name of the dog? Perhaps portraits of the dog can be hung in the primary school classrooms of McLennan County.
For sure the Lone Star flag must flown at half-mast for a period of time to honor the K-9.
Maybe if a cop shoots a cop dog, even though the dog is a cop himself, it's OK, although it's a crime for a non-cop to even resist a K-9. Parenthetically, what happened to the deceased dog? Was he given a state funeral with thousands of other handlers and cop dogs from all over the country in attendance, as is so often the case when a human cop falls in action? Is a marble headstone being planned for his grave site? Surely there will be a marked grave. The idea that it will be disposed of in some dishonorable manner is too disgusting to contemplate.
Will a parking ramp or other city facility in Waco carry the name of the dog? Perhaps portraits of the dog can be hung in the primary school classrooms of McLennan County.
For sure the Lone Star flag must flown at half-mast for a period of time to honor the K-9.
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