THOMASTON’S POLICE CHIEF DAN GREATHOUSE SAYS THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF INTERNET CRITICISM OF THE P.D. AFTER A PIT-BULL MIX WAS PUT DOWN BY AN OFFICER, EARLY SUNDAY—BUT A THROUGH INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR CITY CAB CO. ON EAST LEE ST.—BUT CAB DRIVER ROBERT ALEXANDER TOLD TGA NEWS THERE WAS NO NEED TO SHOOT THE FEMALE, POLO, SHE WAS NOT AGGRESSIVE, SHE JUST LIKED ATTENTION.
THE P.D. INCIDENT REPORT SAID LT. PAUL WALKER OBSERVED THE DOG JUMPING AT ANOTHER MAN, THEN A SHORT TIME LATER, THE DOG APPROACHED HIM AND WAS BARKING AND ADVANCING . THE REPORT SAID TWICE HE YELLED TO THE DOG’S OWNER TO GET CONTROL OF THE ANIMAL BEFORE HE FIRED A SHOT .
CHIEF GREATHOUSE SAID LT. WALKER SPOKE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE DOG OWNER, STEPHANIE VOSS, BY CELL PHONE AND ASSURED HER THEY COULD RETRIEVE THE PET AND BURY HER. THE CHIEF SAID CHARGES COULD BE FILED AGAINEST THE OWNER IF THE PROBE REVEALS IT WAS A VICIOUS DOG.
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