Police bodycam video footage reveals the minute an officer utilized a taser to deal with an out of control dog.
The animal was assaulting another dog in the street and the police officer is seen chewing out individuals to move prior to shooting the taser and putting the animal into a wheelie bin.
The occurrence in Coventry, West Midlands, triggered outrage on social media and police officers felt they needed to launch the bodycam video footage to ‘explain the context’.
After the dog was tasered it was taken by the cops’s Dangerous Dogs Unit, examined by a veterinarian and after that housed in kennels, reports The Mirror.
(Image: West Midlands Police)
Chief Inspector Daryl Lyon, who works for West Midlands Police in Coventry, said: “No officer wishes to utilize force versus an animal unless it is definitely required and in this circumstances, we have actually needed to do that to guarantee that individuals at the scene were safe which no more damage might pertain to anyone, consisting of the animal itself.
“Despite speculation, the animal that was tasered by the law enforcement officer at the scene is safe and well and is being taken care of in kennels.
“It was a vibrant occurrence where officers were worried for the safety of an animal that was being assaulted by another dog.
“As you can see from the video there are likewise kids in the area, other members of the general public and other law enforcement officers of which the animal presented a danger to.
“Public safety is obviously our main issue and this video discusses the actions of the officers and the really hard situations they were positioned in.”
(Image: West Midlands Police)
The owner of the dog is comprehended to be familiar with the actions cops have actually taken.
A man was apprehended on suspicion of blocking cops and was spoken with on Wednesday, July 12.
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