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Baltimore cop charged after slitting a dog's throat.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:04 am
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:04 am
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A Baltimore police officer is facing felony animal cruelty charges after slitting the throat of a dog officers had under control, according to the department.
Sarah Gossard, the dog’s owner, said she let the dog outside without realizing the gate was open. The 7-year-old Shar-Pei named Nala was later found by a woman that tried to check the animal’s tag. She was nipped by the dog and suffered a superficial wound.
Officers from the Southeastern District arrived and corralled the dog while summoning police Emergency Services officers, who carry the long dog-control poles that can safely lasso stray dogs.
Witnesses at the scene told police that the officer, identified as Jeffrey Bolger, 49, was talking about killing the animal as he got out of his vehicle.
“I’m going to [expletive] gut this thing,” witnesses heard him say, according to the charging document.
Police Deputy Commissioner Dean Palmere called the killing “outrageous and unacceptable” and said internal affairs is investigating the incident, which took place Saturday morning in Brewers Hill.
Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran, council liaison to the Mayor’s Anti-Animal Abuse Advisory Commission, said there was no reason to have killed the dog if it was restrained with a dog-control pole, as police say it was.
It’s pretty astounding that our public safety officers would ever have done this,” Curran said. “If you’re on the pole, usually, you’re pretty much at bay, you’re not a threat.”
Officer Bolger was booked Wednesday and released on his own recognizance. He faces charges of animal cruelty, aggravated animal cruelty and malfeasance in office. Bolger’s attorney could not be reached for comment Thursday morning.
Read more: https://fox43.com/2014/06/19/officer-charged-with-killing-dog-set-out-to-gut-it-witnesses-said/#ixzz35BEvQuhX
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:07 am to cas4t
That's a terrible story any way you slice it.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:09 am to cas4t
Just thank God it wasn't a pit bull then this board would go nuts.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:10 am to cas4t
McNulty needs to stop drinking on the job.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:10 am to Ace Midnight
Really why do cops hate dogs so much? I've never seen a group of people hate a particular animal with such ferocity.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:13 am to cas4t
death by pit is the only way this should go down
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:13 am to cas4t
quote:Really? REALLY?!
It’s pretty astounding that our public safety officers would ever have done this,” Curran said
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:19 am to rintintin
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Really why do cops hate dogs so much? I've never seen a group of people hate a particular animal with such ferocity.
because only the bad is reported
We know police and fireman rescue pets all over the country every day ...
but how many calls do they get from people annoyed with barking dogs (all day long chained up in a back yard ?
It's pretty annoying that people don't raise better pets or have more consideration for their neighbors.
2 sides to every story
Most police are good human beings
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:20 am to ApexTiger
I agree
But he slit the dog's throat Bateman style
But he slit the dog's throat Bateman style
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:49 am to ApexTiger
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because only the bad is reported
bullshite. They report the good stories- when they happen. Just because a cop answers a barking dog complaint and doesn't kill the dog, doesn't mean he did a good thing. He did his job. The fact is the bad shite gets reported, as it should be, because it's an offense to the community and other cops who serve it.
The frequency and number of bad stories about cops is alarming. And it should be.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 7:53 am to ApexTiger
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Most police are good human beings
Sorry, but they're not.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:17 am to ApexTiger
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because only the bad is reported
Most accountants do their jobs without recognition and only the embezzlers make the news.
Most doctors do their jobs without recognition and only the malpractice cases make the news.
I could go on but I think you get the point. Police shouldn't expect different treatment than any other profession. The only other profession that comes close to police as far as complaining about a job they volunteered to do is teachers.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:18 am to Rickety Cricket
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Sorry, but they're not.
I agree
I know 2 from college and both were grade A douchebags.
That's just college. Don't get me started on the oens I know from HS.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:32 am to toosleaux
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Posted on 6/20/14 at 8:46 am to rintintin
My ex was an animal control officer for 5 years. She got to go frick with bad dogs all of the time. Wanna know how many times she was bitten? Zero
She said that on two separate occasions, the cops on the scene were pointing guns at the dog while she was trying to coral it. The first time she told two cops to put their guns away and go sit in their cars, which they did. No one got bit that day.
The second time she chewed out this young cop because he was pointing his gun at her/the dog when she went to go read the collar of the dog they almost shot 5 minutes before. Raised so much hell that a supervisor came out and she told him that she didn't ever want to see that specific cop's face again. I mean, she was holding the dog, a foot from her face and reading the collar
She said that on two separate occasions, the cops on the scene were pointing guns at the dog while she was trying to coral it. The first time she told two cops to put their guns away and go sit in their cars, which they did. No one got bit that day.
The second time she chewed out this young cop because he was pointing his gun at her/the dog when she went to go read the collar of the dog they almost shot 5 minutes before. Raised so much hell that a supervisor came out and she told him that she didn't ever want to see that specific cop's face again. I mean, she was holding the dog, a foot from her face and reading the collar
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