Lancet Jades
07-01-2004, 05:43 PM
Cop who shot pet fired for obscene gesture
The Associated Press
Last Updated 12:42 pm PDT Wednesday, June 30, 2004
BIXBY, Okla. (AP) - A police officer who shot a family's tethered dog while investigating a burglar alarm was fired Wednesday for making an obscene gesture to television news crews during a class on assessing canine threats.
Officer Cory Forister denied making the gesture intentionally but was fired for conduct unbecoming an officer, police Chief Anthony Stephens said.
Forister made the gesture Tuesday during the Humane Society class that Bixby officers were required to attend after he shot a 6-year-old golden retriever named Fluppy on June 5. Fluppy had to be euthanized.
Three television stations that covered the class broadcast video of Forister making the gesture.
Forister's phone number was not listed, and he could not be located to comment.
Fluppy was the pet of John and Cathy Benzinger and their three children.
Forister was investigating a burglar alarm at the Benzingers' home when the dog, tethered by a 43-foot line, barked and charged him.
Forister backed up and told the dog to stop, then fired three shots, police said.
Stephens determined that Forister had not exhausted less violent ways of handling the dog before firing.
The police department has apologized to the family.
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The ****ing idiot....how could he hurt a doggie like that?
:(
The Associated Press
Last Updated 12:42 pm PDT Wednesday, June 30, 2004
BIXBY, Okla. (AP) - A police officer who shot a family's tethered dog while investigating a burglar alarm was fired Wednesday for making an obscene gesture to television news crews during a class on assessing canine threats.
Officer Cory Forister denied making the gesture intentionally but was fired for conduct unbecoming an officer, police Chief Anthony Stephens said.
Forister made the gesture Tuesday during the Humane Society class that Bixby officers were required to attend after he shot a 6-year-old golden retriever named Fluppy on June 5. Fluppy had to be euthanized.
Three television stations that covered the class broadcast video of Forister making the gesture.
Forister's phone number was not listed, and he could not be located to comment.
Fluppy was the pet of John and Cathy Benzinger and their three children.
Forister was investigating a burglar alarm at the Benzingers' home when the dog, tethered by a 43-foot line, barked and charged him.
Forister backed up and told the dog to stop, then fired three shots, police said.
Stephens determined that Forister had not exhausted less violent ways of handling the dog before firing.
The police department has apologized to the family.
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The ****ing idiot....how could he hurt a doggie like that?
:(