Featured Cop who stopped to tell owners car door was open shoots dog dead

He's all heart.

Police training starts in the academy, where the concept of officer safety is so heavily emphasized that it takes on almost religious significance. Rookie officers are taught what is widely known as the “first rule of law enforcement”: An officer’s overriding goal every day is to go home at the end of their shift. But cops live in a hostile world. They learn that every encounter, every individual is a potential threat. They always have to be on their guard because, as cops often say, “complacency kills.”

Officers aren’t just told about the risks they face. They are shown painfully vivid, heart-wrenching dash-cam footage of officers being beaten, disarmed, or gunned down after a moment of inattention or hesitation. They are told that the primary culprit isn’t the felon on the video, it is the officer’s lack of vigilance. And as they listen to the fallen officer’s last, desperate radio calls for help, every cop in the room is thinking exactly the same thing: “I won’t ever let that happen to me.” That’s the point of the training.

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A former Arizona police officer, who killed six people during his 12-year career before it ended after the latest shooting, is now selling firearm training simulators that jolt people who hesitate to shoot.

James Peters, former police officer with the Scottsdale PD, applied for “accidental disability retirement” in 2012 after he shot a 50-year-old man in the head with a rifle. The deceased, John Loxas, who was holding his baby grandson in his arms at that moment, had a record of threatening neighbors with firearms.

Peters reported seeing a black object in Loxas’ trouser pocket, believing it to be a handgun. It was actually a phone, but Peters learned that only after killing the man in what he called an action necessary to protect the baby.

The officer left the service and was not charged over the shooting, although Scottsdale paid a $4.25 million settlement to Loxas’ family. Prior to that incident Peters, who served some of his career as a SWAT team member, was involved in six other shootings, it was reported at the time. Five of them were fatal, with none of them ending in prosecution.

Continue . . . https://www.rt.com/usa/313695-killer-cop-shooting-simulator/

Shoot first, justify later. Why take chances?

 

What abut this guy?

He claims to be "gathering all the facts at this time" but he's already making excuses for this officers actions.

I expect the same outcome with his investigation as the DOJ's investigation of the IRS. Just wanted to be first to make that prediction.

 

Okay so the dog didn't pose a deadly threat. But what about that menacing 12 inch tall miniature pig that rushed out of the woods towards the other officer?

Surely he got what he deserved.

#hoofsupdon'tshoot

 

He just shot him down like a dog?

 

Hey zaac, do you think BLM could march and protest this killing too?

There are times, and being a dog lover, I hate to see this happen, when the safety of a cop is more important than the family pet if in fact the pet is going to attack them!

 

Actually, the u=only thing wrong with the system is folks like you who find fault with everything they do! I find it hard to believe that we serve the same Jesus? But the church is made up of many types! You and I are on different ends of the pew, for sure! Whistling

 

You forgot to call him your "Brother"...

 

Like a dirty dog!

 

Dog looked like he came out the door angry and in attack mode. Owners should have kept him away from the door. Impressed with quick draw by the cop.