3) Make it an act of felony animal cruelty for any LEO to kill or maim a dog unless an officer was actually bitten.
Amusing.
The officer would have to be maimed before he could act in self-defense.
Firstly, you are claiming an equivalence between a dog bite that is almost always nothing but a Betadine and Bandaid event to a killing.
Secondly, citizens have been given no choice but to set standard for allowing police use lethal force against dogs quite high.
Police have repeatedly demonstrated that they haven't the knowledge, courage, and judgement for us to allow them to make this call on their own.Just a sample of the most egregious recent cases from here on the 'Campfire' alone:
Shot in the back of her head on her own ranch:
Texas Man Has To Put His Dog Down With Bare Hands After Deputy Shoots, Injures � But Refuses To Killhttp://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/8805373/1 Shot and killed in his own back yard:
Police shoot, kill puppy in backyard while chasing suspect Should read losing suspect.
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...lice_shoot_kill_puppy_in_bac#Post8864298Had her throat slit by one cop while restrained by a catch pole and another cop knelling on her chest:
Shock Claim: Police Officer Slit Dog�s Throat [Update: Premeditated, Fiend ID'ed]cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Jeffrey-Bolger-665x385.jpg
Shot in his own backyard:
another one bites the dust.....trigger happy cop http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/8979240/1Shot three times as he fled cops back to his owner:
Cops Shot at Retreating Arthritic Dog Toward House Filled with Children: Business as Usualhttp://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/8982781/1