Laura Scarry, Attorney at Law
The lesson of this class was that the shooting of a dog requires
“objective reasonableness” to meet the protections of the Fourth
Amendment.
This amendment
clearly states the right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.
A dog is now considered an “effect.”
Officers must now
complete thorough reports documenting the facts which will support the
shooting of a dog was objectively reasonable based on the totality of
the circumstances.
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