The department finally folded and committed to the mandatory training protocols we demanded. They have no more excuses to keep shooting our pets like they are target practice. Keep your eyes on them because we are watching to ensure they actually follow through.
August 20, 2015
Final supporters
This is a national circulating petition in each state for the purpose of bringing awareness to the public and ask officials to mandate training that would help prevent the use of lethal force against our pets.
Citizens have noticed an increase in media accounts of police
officers shooting the family pet with a notable lack of remorse or
disciplinary consequences. Police have recently killed pets while merely questioning neighbors
about a crime in the area, cutting across private property while in
pursuit of a suspect, and serving a warrant at the wrong address. Among hundreds of recent victims: Labradors, Wheaten terriers, and a five-pound Chihuahua. The shooting of dogs by police has become disturbingly common across
the country, with police response to be to shoot first & ask
questions later. It doesn't matter if your dog is loose or leashed, or if you've posted "Beware of Dog" warnings. If dangerous dogs are so common, one would expect to find frequent reports of vicious attacks on meter readers, postal workers, firemen, and delivery workers. But according to a spokesman from the United States Postal Service, serious dog attacks on mail carriers are vanishingly rare. Bites do happen, but postal workers are given training on how to distract dogs with toys, subdue them with voice commands, or, at worst, incapacitate them with Mace. Mail carriers are shown a two-hour video and given instruction on how to recognize and read a dog's body language, how to differentiate between aggressive charging and playful bounding, and how to tell a truly dangerous dog from a merely territorial one. Few police departments offer this kind of training, though groups like the ASPCA and the Humane Society are willing to provide it. There are also now online training portals offered free of charge.
In closing we the people of Minnesota would like to ask officials to mandate training that would help prevent the use of lethal gun force against our pets.
FREEZE DON'T SHOOT is a nationwide campaign established to stop the killing of pets and strays by law enforcement and mandate training on animal behavior and non lethal methods. FDS is NOT anti-police. FDS is anti-KILLING. The KILLING must STOP.
https://www.facebook.com/FreezeDontShoot.JusticePagesUnited
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreezeDontShoot.MN/
http://freezedontshootmn.wordpress.com/about/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 28, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015
Police departments are acting like our pets are target practice and they think we will just stay silent while they pull the trigger. We are hammering on the door of the one hundred mark right now so force this into the feeds of everyone you know. They need to see that we are coming for their accountability.
116 Comments
police should have to face the consequences if they kill a family pet. if u kill a k-9 cop u go to jail but if a cop kills a family pet no punishment at all. the cops should be made to have training to teach them how to tell if a dog is a real threat to them. JUSTICE FOR Mya and justice for every dog killed by cops for no reason
Police policy must change. No family should lose their pet on their own property or otherwise because a cop doesn't know how to resolve anything without firing their weapon. Resolutions need to be trained without violence.
I prevented a cop from shooting my neighbors very large, butvery friendly German Shepherd Dog because the cop was willing to listen to me and let me handle the dog, who had gotten loose from his yard
We lost a dog to a totally unnecessary police shooting. This is becoming an epidemic. If they are that afraid of family pets who are they able to protect us from?
The more Training our officers get the safer i will feel our pets are part of our family and when one dies in such a horrible way it is not only devastating we lose trust in the ones who are there to protect us, This should never happen
Officers are trained to handle all kinds of situations and temperaments it only makes sense they be trained to safely deal with interactions with animals too
FBI started new laws and regulations regarding animal abuse. Read what they are doing. Cops are no more allowed to kill our animals than anybody else, but you have to fight them. They always do "internal investigations", but an independent investigation is the only thing that will bring the truth. Contact the Lexus Project and see if they can advise you.
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The department finally folded and committed to the mandatory training protocols we demanded. They have no more excuses to keep shooting our pets like they are target practice. Keep your eyes on them because we are watching to ensure they actually follow through.
August 20, 2015
Final supporters
This is a national circulating petition in each state for the purpose of bringing awareness to the public and ask officials to mandate training that would help prevent the use of lethal force against our pets.
Citizens have noticed an increase in media accounts of police
officers shooting the family pet with a notable lack of remorse or
disciplinary consequences. Police have recently killed pets while merely questioning neighbors
about a crime in the area, cutting across private property while in
pursuit of a suspect, and serving a warrant at the wrong address. Among hundreds of recent victims: Labradors, Wheaten terriers, and a five-pound Chihuahua. The shooting of dogs by police has become disturbingly common across
the country, with police response to be to shoot first & ask
questions later. It doesn't matter if your dog is loose or leashed, or if you've posted "Beware of Dog" warnings. If dangerous dogs are so common, one would expect to find frequent reports of vicious attacks on meter readers, postal workers, firemen, and delivery workers. But according to a spokesman from the United States Postal Service, serious dog attacks on mail carriers are vanishingly rare. Bites do happen, but postal workers are given training on how to distract dogs with toys, subdue them with voice commands, or, at worst, incapacitate them with Mace. Mail carriers are shown a two-hour video and given instruction on how to recognize and read a dog's body language, how to differentiate between aggressive charging and playful bounding, and how to tell a truly dangerous dog from a merely territorial one. Few police departments offer this kind of training, though groups like the ASPCA and the Humane Society are willing to provide it. There are also now online training portals offered free of charge.
In closing we the people of Minnesota would like to ask officials to mandate training that would help prevent the use of lethal gun force against our pets.
FREEZE DON'T SHOOT is a nationwide campaign established to stop the killing of pets and strays by law enforcement and mandate training on animal behavior and non lethal methods. FDS is NOT anti-police. FDS is anti-KILLING. The KILLING must STOP.
https://www.facebook.com/FreezeDontShoot.JusticePagesUnited
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreezeDontShoot.MN/
http://freezedontshootmn.wordpress.com/about/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 28, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015
Police departments are acting like our pets are target practice and they think we will just stay silent while they pull the trigger. We are hammering on the door of the one hundred mark right now so force this into the feeds of everyone you know. They need to see that we are coming for their accountability.
116 Comments
they killed my pitbull 5 days ago in minneapolis. they said a confidential informant said I was dealing narcotics. I have never done a single drug in my life. they found nothing. now my dog/kid is dead. they shot him once, then as he was running down my basement stairs, they shot him 3 more times. this has to stop !!!!!!!!
police should have to face the consequences if they kill a family pet. if u kill a k-9 cop u go to jail but if a cop kills a family pet no punishment at all. the cops should be made to have training to teach them how to tell if a dog is a real threat to them. JUSTICE FOR Mya and justice for every dog killed by cops for no reason
Police policy must change. No family should lose their pet on their own property or otherwise because a cop doesn't know how to resolve anything without firing their weapon. Resolutions need to be trained without violence.
I prevented a cop from shooting my neighbors very large, butvery friendly German Shepherd Dog because the cop was willing to listen to me and let me handle the dog, who had gotten loose from his yard
We lost a dog to a totally unnecessary police shooting. This is becoming an epidemic. If they are that afraid of family pets who are they able to protect us from?
The more Training our officers get the safer i will feel our pets are part of our family and when one dies in such a horrible way it is not only devastating we lose trust in the ones who are there to protect us, This should never happen
Officers are trained to handle all kinds of situations and temperaments it only makes sense they be trained to safely deal with interactions with animals too
FBI started new laws and regulations regarding animal abuse. Read what they are doing. Cops are no more allowed to kill our animals than anybody else, but you have to fight them. They always do "internal investigations", but an independent investigation is the only thing that will bring the truth. Contact the Lexus Project and see if they can advise you.
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they killed my pitbull 5 days ago in minneapolis. they said a confidential informant said I was dealing narcotics. I have never done a single drug in my life. they found nothing. now my dog/kid is dead. they shot him once, then as he was running down my basement stairs, they shot him 3 more times. this has to stop !!!!!!!!