CONNECTICUT -- Cops ended up drawing their tasers three separate times to subdue a pit bill that attacked a woman in Newhallville.
The episode occurred just after 11 a.m. Friday. Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer David Hartman:
A woman on Thompson Street told Officers Mark Taylor, Brian Goddard, Hector Santiago, & Robert Levy that a vicious pit bull had “launched an attack” against her through a hole in a fence “and took a bite out of her pocketbook, was still a threat, and had temporarily retreated to the yard.”
“She said the dog came at her, bearing its teeth. She blocked its bite with her pocketbook. Bystanders yelled to distract the dog, allowing the woman to escape,” according to Hartman.
The pit bull next charged at Officer Taylor. He shocked the pooched with a taser; the dog “retreated[ed] to the yard.”
Next, Officer Animal Control Officer Tammy Hewston (who had arrived with Officer Stephani Johnson from the animal shelter) “cautiously approached” the pit bull with a pole noose (catchpole). The dog charged.
Taylor fired the taser again, and Hewston got to safety.
Officer Levy arrived, and before Animal Control was able to gain control, deployed his taser at the animal.
According to Officer Johnson, the dog didn’t have behavioral problems, but was rather protecting it’s property.
“It was a territorial issue... The dog was returned to its owner, under the proviso it remain contained.”
You gave the dog back???!
(New Haven Independent - Jan 23, 2012)
