Former Baltimore officer who cut dog's throat to get $45,000 in back pay - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-officer-dog-20160307-story.html"]SOURCE[/URL] [QUOTE]a Former Baltimore police officer acquitted of animal cruelty charges after he slit a dog's throat will receive $45,000 in back pay from city government.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Nala's owner, Sarah Gossard, said her dog escaped through a gate in her Canton backyard in June 2014. The dog ended up in Brewers Hill and bit a woman on the hand, leaving a superficial wound. The woman called police to help capture the dog, and officers of the Emergency Services unit, which handles some dangerous-animal calls and carries dog-control poles, were summoned.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]According to charging documents, Bolger and Officer Thomas Schmidt responded. Officers tethered Nala to the dog-control pole, police said. Witnesses told police Schmidt held down the dog while they saw Bolger slit its throat. Charges against Schmidt were later dropped.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]"Levin says the dog was apprehended three times with the dog pole and was foaming at the mouth as it snapped at Bolger and his partner, who initially also faced charges. It ceased resisting after the third apprehension and appeared lifeless when released from the pole. Bolger’s subsequent incision to an artery didn’t cause much bleeding, he says, a sign its heart was not beating." [/QUOTE]

I don't see anything wrong with this. Didn't he earn the money?

[QUOTE=The Pretender;49894840]I don't see anything wrong with this. Didn't he earn the money?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't quite say earned. The pay is for the time he was on unpaid leave for all this shit. Legally the money is his, although I disagree with the ruling.

[QUOTE=Levelog;49894912]I wouldn't quite say earned. The pay is for the time he was on unpaid leave for all this shit. [B]Unfortunately he was acquitted though so legally the money is his.[/B][/QUOTE] How is this unfortunate, that someone got the money they are entitled to? It sucks that a dog died, but seeing how it went and started biting someone, and the officer responded in an act to prevent further harm to people; it seems reasonable he would get payment he deserves.

[QUOTE=Levelog;49894912]I wouldn't quite say earned. The pay is for the time he was on unpaid leave for all this shit. Unfortunately he was acquitted though so legally the money is his.[/QUOTE] Does not matter what you think is "earned" or not. He was placed on leave without pay as a result of this charge. A charge in which he was acquitted, as a result he is owed backpay. This is common place with any job...you get suspended for something and it turns out not to lead up to anything you get that pay back.

[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;49894942]How is this unfortunate, that someone got the money they are entitled to? It sucks that a dog died, but seeing how it went and started biting someone, and the officer responded in an act to prevent further harm to people; it seems reasonable he would get payment he deserves.[/QUOTE] From the sounds of it the dog was already subdued when they decided to slit its throat

[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;49894942]How is this unfortunate, that someone got the money they are entitled to? It sucks that a dog died, but seeing how it went and started biting someone, and the officer responded in an act to prevent further harm to people; it seems reasonable he would get payment he deserves.[/QUOTE] I'm not saying it's unfortunate he gets the money, I'm saying it's unfortunate that he was acquitted. I disagree with the ruling. The dog was restrained, cutting it's throat was not necessary. That's like shooting someone when they're already on the ground handcuffed. [editline]8th March 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=MR-X;49894971]Does not matter what you think is "earned" or not. He was placed on leave without pay as a result of this charge. A charge in which he was acquitted, as a result he is owed backpay. This is common place with any job...you get suspended for something and it turns out not to lead up to anything you get that pay back.[/QUOTE] Yeah I probably should have split that sentence up into two parts.

[QUOTE=Foogooman;49894973]From the sounds of it the dog was already subdued when they decided to slit its throat[/QUOTE] More context would help which was left out of the OP's source "Levin says the dog was apprehended three times with the dog pole and was foaming at the mouth as it snapped at Bolger and his partner, who initially also faced charges. It ceased resisting after the third apprehension and appeared lifeless when released from the pole. Bolger’s subsequent incision to an artery didn’t cause much bleeding, he says, a sign its heart was not beating." [URL]http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-08/baltimore-ex-cop-who-cut-dogs-throat-poised-for-45-000-in-back-pay[/URL] The thing went rabid. [QUOTE=Levelog;49894980]I'm not saying it's unfortunate he gets the money, I'm saying it's unfortunate that he was acquitted. I disagree with the ruling. The dog was restrained, cutting it's throat was not necessary. That's like shooting someone when they're already on the ground handcuffed. [/QUOTE] OP should change the source to include the fact it was foaming at the mouth.

[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;49894995]OP should change the source to include the fact it was foaming at the mouth.[/QUOTE] Definitely. Pretty major factor along with the other info.

Pretty sure its fucking heart not beating would stop it from doing much to warrant getting its throat slit.

[QUOTE=Crimor;49895338]Pretty sure its fucking heart not beating would stop it from doing much to warrant getting its throat slit.[/QUOTE] When something is rabid, you honestly have no idea what might happen. And there is really no way to determine that on a rabid animal safely. Cutting it's throat would and was reasonable on a rabid animal. It's kinda hard to examine something that could give you rabies + unknown deseases, when something is going berserk, it acting calm was probably the only opening they had given they had attempted to subdue it 3 times. E: not to mention involentary muscle spasms after death are fairly common things and can make it hard to tell if something is dead [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaveric_spasm[/url]