Post by opie on Jan 5, 2012 16:18:43 GMT -5
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
NYPD Officer docked 10 vacation days for 2009 pit bull shooting
Cop fired fatal shot after deranged pooch bit partner Ansari Kalil Comments
Wednesday, January 4 2012 - NYPD Officer Andre Jeter pleaded guilty to departmental charges for the 2009 killing of a pit bull in the Breukelen Houses after the dog bit his partner Ansari Kalil.
A Brooklyn cop was docked 10 vacation days for firing too many shots at a pit bull that charged him and his partner, the Daily News has learned.
Officer Andre Jeter recently pleaded guilty to departmental charges rather than face an NYPD trial that could have resulted in a stiffer penalty.
“It is an unusually heavy penalty for a dog shooting,” said a police source familiar with the case. “But it shows how they go over every shooting with a fine-tooth comb.”
It was June 8, 2009, when Jeter and his partner, Officer Ansari Kalil were patrolling the Breukelen Houses in Canarsie.
After learning about a threat to a man made by a pit bull owner, the officers went into a building and followed the suspect up the stairs and toward the roof.
“When they opened the door to the roof the pit bull charges out and jumps on Kalil, knocking him to the ground and biting him on the wrist,” said Deputy Inspector Kim Royster, an NYPD spokes
woman. “The officer struggled with the dog and gets the dog off him, but now the officers can’t get the door open.
“The dog heads up the stairs towards them and that’s when they fire.”
Kalil fired two shots and Jeter three.
The dog fell to the ground, but was still alive.
Jeter then fired two more shots, killing the animal.
The NYPD, as it does with every shooting involving an officer, reviewed the case and brought charges against Jeter for firing the last two shots when he was “no longer in danger.”
Jeter, who joined the NYPD in 2006, did not respond to a request for comment, and his lawyer had no comment. Kalil was not charged.
Last year, police were involved in 30 animal shootings involving 32 dogs and one raccoon. Nineteen dogs were killed and nine cops were bitten.
In 2009, 34 officers fired their guns in 28 different animal incidents, all involving dogs. Fifteen of those dogs were killed and three cops were bitten.
NYPD Officer docked 10 vacation days for 2009 pit bull shooting
Cop fired fatal shot after deranged pooch bit partner Ansari Kalil Comments
Wednesday, January 4 2012 - NYPD Officer Andre Jeter pleaded guilty to departmental charges for the 2009 killing of a pit bull in the Breukelen Houses after the dog bit his partner Ansari Kalil.
A Brooklyn cop was docked 10 vacation days for firing too many shots at a pit bull that charged him and his partner, the Daily News has learned.
Officer Andre Jeter recently pleaded guilty to departmental charges rather than face an NYPD trial that could have resulted in a stiffer penalty.
“It is an unusually heavy penalty for a dog shooting,” said a police source familiar with the case. “But it shows how they go over every shooting with a fine-tooth comb.”
It was June 8, 2009, when Jeter and his partner, Officer Ansari Kalil were patrolling the Breukelen Houses in Canarsie.
After learning about a threat to a man made by a pit bull owner, the officers went into a building and followed the suspect up the stairs and toward the roof.
“When they opened the door to the roof the pit bull charges out and jumps on Kalil, knocking him to the ground and biting him on the wrist,” said Deputy Inspector Kim Royster, an NYPD spokes
woman. “The officer struggled with the dog and gets the dog off him, but now the officers can’t get the door open.
“The dog heads up the stairs towards them and that’s when they fire.”
Kalil fired two shots and Jeter three.
The dog fell to the ground, but was still alive.
Jeter then fired two more shots, killing the animal.
The NYPD, as it does with every shooting involving an officer, reviewed the case and brought charges against Jeter for firing the last two shots when he was “no longer in danger.”
Jeter, who joined the NYPD in 2006, did not respond to a request for comment, and his lawyer had no comment. Kalil was not charged.
Last year, police were involved in 30 animal shootings involving 32 dogs and one raccoon. Nineteen dogs were killed and nine cops were bitten.
In 2009, 34 officers fired their guns in 28 different animal incidents, all involving dogs. Fifteen of those dogs were killed and three cops were bitten.
