No one wants to answer my questions ? We have a good Sheriff’s department overall, but no one is perfect. That’s why I asked the questions I did. I was taught growing up that we all make mistakes. When you do be a man and admit what you did and make amends to the extent possible. This was caused by a clerical error. But it was the Sheriff’s departments responsibility to check it. What if this family had moved and this happened to a new family and their dog ? Maybe your family. Would you still defend the actions taken by law enforcement ? What actions have been taken to insure this, or worse, doesn’t happen again ?

Lets talk about the deputy shooting the dog. I know it sounds ridiculous that the jail bird was already in the Fayette County Jail at the time the deputies were trying to serve a warrant on him from Clayton County. But, when the deputies "CRASHED" the home, ie..knocked on the door, ("crashed the home", as the citizen put it in the first article about the whole ordeal, sounds more demonizing and would sell more advertising), all the people had to do was answer the door and say "he's already in jail". But guess what, the law breaking homeowner didn't have her monster dog tied or fenced as Fayette County Ordinance requires. Therefore when the deputy went to the back corner of the house to make sure that jail bird, who is known to run, didn't get away out the back door, he encountered this dog who by the Catahoula Associations own admission would defend it's domain. Well hat's off to the dog, but handcuffs on to the owner for not having the dog fenced or tied.
The article also spoke of pepper spray. Well, being the investigative reporter that I am, I called the Fayette County Sheriff's Office and asked for myself if they carried pepper spray and the answer was "no". And by the way the Citizen could have done the same thing before they published that so called "statement" on the part of the "renter" that they interviewed on the scene that night.
The Citizen's article also slanted the story and had the dog sleeping peacefully on his porch, (probably resting after rescueing drowning nuns all day or something else angelic I'm sure), when the mean old deputy just walked up and shot him for ha ha's.
Well in the report the deputy said that "the dog retreated to the porch after being shot". That would account for the blood being on the porch. And also if the deputy shot down at the dog and was supposed to be on the porch, wouldn't there be a hole in the porch or some sign of where the bullet hit the porch. Come on now this investigative reporting isn't all that hard.
All I'm saying is put yourself in this scenario. Your neighbor, not abiding by the law,has a huge dog untied or unfenced, living next to you, and your child's ball bounces over into the dog's yard and your child or yourself goes to retreive the ball and is charged by this monster of a dog. What would you do?

I don't think the Catahoula Associations statement helps the lady's case at all.. They say "One would be unwise to enter their domain in the absence of their owner"...HMM..I wonder why....could it be they might attack...

I am friends with the Deputy Phillips and know him to be a stand up guy as well as an excellent officer. Just for the simple fact that his good name and character is being dragged through the mud is nauseating and otherwise appalling.
I am an animal lover as much as the next person, but when our men and women in law enforcement are on scene for something that should be "routine" and are threatened by someone/something, they are within their parameters to take appropriate action to protect themsleves and others. The article states that these dogs are a "loyal friend and protector" and "would be unwise to enter their domain in the absence of their owner". Clearly the dog saw the deputy as a stranger and threat and was trying to protect himself and in turn that is all Deputy Phillips did.
It is unfortunate that the dog was injured, but lets be thankful, that the dog was not fatally injured. Deputy Phillips was right in doing what he did, just as anyone else who may feel threatened by an animal will take appropriate action in defending themselves.

I'm normally a big supporter of our police but this is just too much. We all make mistakes but I want to know 1. Who paid Jaspers vet bill ? 2. Has an appology been issued ? 3. What steps have been taken to insure that this doesn't happen again ? I don't care if the dog did growl. He was protecting his family. And as it turned out the police had no reason to be there. So what has been done ? If the answer is nothing then the police department better hope that I don't wind up on that jury !