Dog Shot In Face By Hammond Indiana Police

I am not one to bash the police, but this one hits home, this is very close.  Allegedly, an officer from the Hammond Indiana police department shot this dog in the face.  This is the second case of alleged animal abuse in a short time period.  Recently, an officer was accused of abuse after the below video surfaced on YouTube.  In this case I can only report the statements of the dog’s owner, Norma Maldanado.  First, and scariest, is she said her children, 16, 11, 7, and 11 months were standing 15 feet behind the dog when shot. As can be seen in the video, the dog has an “invisible fence” collar and signs were posted in the yard, including how far the dog could traverse the yard before being zapped.  The owner reported “”The police officer decided to jump out of his vehicle, take out his gun and shoot my dog in the face in front of all my kids and neighbors. He never said a word before he shot her!”.  I can sympathize with her fears, “What would of happened if he would of missed and hit my kids instead? Something has to be done… “.

We don’t have both sides of this story, but was lethal force necessary in this case, especially considering the children?

Here is the video we mentioned of the alleged abuse of a Hammond Indiana K9 dog (caution: explicit language):

This article originally appeared at the Tin Hat Ranch