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08-16-2008, 07:53 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas
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| Anyone else heard about this? San Marcos couple blames a cop for the death of their poodle Michael Gonzales and Krystal Hernandez were driving 95mph -- headed to the vet with their dying dog -- when the officer pulled them over. By KTRH's Scott Crowder Friday, August 15, 2008 Gonzales says the officer wouldn't listen to their pleas and told them they could "get another dog, relax." "Dude said, man you need to chill out it's just a dog and I said what do you mean it's just a dog? It's not just a dog it's my family." The poodle died. San Marcos police say Officer Paul Stephens has been reprimanded and is undergoing counseling. yes, the couple was wrong for speeding, but that officer was way out of line!! |
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08-16-2008, 08:26 AM | #2 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| Once he saw there dilema I think the kind thing to do would have been to escort them to the vet.
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08-16-2008, 08:34 AM | #3 |
Mocha's Mommy Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Wow, that cop was pretty heartless. What if is was a child that needed to be rushed to the hospital? Would he have told them to "get another kid"?? I can't stand people who see pets as nothing important
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08-16-2008, 08:36 AM | #4 |
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| How very sad...
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08-16-2008, 08:44 AM | #5 |
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| This is truly very sad. I highly commend the police department that took this issue so seriously - thus reprimanding the @$$hole cop. I know my husband and I were speeding a few weeks ago when our girl got sick. I also know that while being at outdoor events - I have seen paramedics care for dogs. It gets life-threatening hot here. So sorry the pup passed. I wonder if they can sue? Assuming they can show that - had the pet received treatment sooner - it would have had a better chance of survival. |
08-16-2008, 10:06 AM | #6 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Chester, PA, USA
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| The guy got a verbal reprimand So what? I think the PD should have taken it more seriously. I don't know how PDs do it, but in most companies, verbal reprimands don't even go into your personnel file. I had a situation a couple of months ago with a Yorkie that was almost comatose. It was around two in the morning, my husband drove us to the ER, and I kept saying, "Drive faster." He didn't want to exceed the speed limit, thinking we'd get pulled over because that's about the time the bars close. We hadn't been to any bars. As far as I was concerned, I wanted to get there as quickly as we could before she started having seizures, and if a cop got behind us, he could ticket us at the ER if that's what he chose to do. |
08-16-2008, 08:11 PM | #7 |
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| I think this would have been the kind thing to do too!! So sad that the pup died!
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08-16-2008, 08:26 PM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: santa rosa, ca
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| yeah im not a fan of the police, at my store we will give military discounts and fireman but f the police. none of them are cool and theyalways ask , i go do you give me discounts off of my tickets?
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08-16-2008, 08:40 PM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey
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| omg i cant believe that!!! u know, i always wondered what wud happen in a situation like that... i think i wud just get to where i need to go, get the person or furbaby help n then deal with the cop once i know they been taken care of.. screw that!! that dumb cop was wayyyyyyyyy outta line |
08-16-2008, 08:57 PM | #11 |
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| I can't stand cops. They are so f-ing arrogant. My SIL's boyfriend is a cop a long time ago, there was a domestic disturbance across the street, someone called the cops, and when they showed up, the people had their dog in the yard. The 2 cops got out of their car, saw the dog, one of them shot the dog (didn't kill it...right away) and the dog was no where near the cop..they had 2 cars plus a lawn between them...They left the dog lying there barely breathing as he bled to death. In the end the stupid cop ended up saying he was scared of dogs...
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08-16-2008, 10:37 PM | #12 |
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| I don't know if I would have stopped. They could arrest my tush at the vet. I think a Judge would cut me a break under the circumstances.
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08-16-2008, 11:21 PM | #13 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Chester, PA, USA
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| Ditto Tig |
08-16-2008, 11:26 PM | #14 |
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| thats sad! what an idiot that cop was! poor family!!
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08-16-2008, 11:45 PM | #15 | |
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Even if his lack of compassion didn't contribute to the death of the poodle, he certainly did contribute to the sorrow and grief of those folks and they will never have the answer to that question. I think they should make him work with Animal Cops Houston for a long, long while. Those officers love animals and he would either learn something or be miserable for the whole while. By law, (at least in CA) police officers are not to 'ask' for anything. Most won't accept if offered. I have been put in bad positions by officers when they wanted free food in a restaurant (GA) I managed when I was young. Refusal got me "Well, you'll find out how slow we can be in responding for you when you need help".....I told him he was trying to force me to break the law by stealing something that wasn't mine and giving it to him. He was not amused. But it was true!! That's exactly what he wanted. I also believe that certain people...cops, judges, people in positions of power, should be held to a higher accounting of thier actions. And I would not have stopped. ___________________________________________ | |
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