[jjtheblunt]

> this also goes against every ideal we have

Counterexample:

https://www.wjcl.com/article/officers-kill-man-who-killed-a-...

And there are countless other actual police dogs hurt or killed by violent offenders.

Sending actual dogs in to snoop out bad guys, who then shoot the police dog, sadly happens. Send in a robot with a rocket launcher, the bad guy is like oh fuck this bad guy nonsense, and the robot dog just has to recharge batteries.

[smogcutter]

Agreed, police should stop using dogs to escalate violent confrontations!

[RecycledEle]

If you want to know how much the courts value you as a person, remember that if a cop's dog kills you there will be no criminal charges.

If you kill a cop's dog, you will face the death penalty.

[justinclift]

> who then shoot the police dog

What would you expect them to do? Play fetch with it?

[jjtheblunt]

I think, despite the humor fail, you have an accidental point, because the police dogs DO fetch unarmed hidden offenders.

[justinclift]

Exactly. So the bad guys will treat those dogs as they would any other threat.

Liable to go badly for the dogs when the bad guys are armed.