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Sep 4, 2008 10:12 pm US/Eastern

Owner Upset After Police Tased His Dog

PENN HILLS (KDKA) ― A man in Penn Hills is outraged after police tased his dog.

Paul Kiser says police used excessive force.

Police say the dog was attacking children and was ready to attack an officer.

Kiser admits his dog, Samantha, a lab, broke loose from its chain and chased some kids in the street.

According to the police report, a young man stopped an officer who was on patrol and asked for help because his friend was being chased by a dog.

The report also says the dog was barking wildly and deployed the taser.

"So the officer stopped, got out, took the youngster away from the dog, got between the dog and the youngster," Penn Hills Police Chief Howard Burton said. "At that point the dog turned on the officer, the officer took his taser out and deployed a taser against the dog."

Samantha is recovering at Penn Animal Hospital and could lose her eye.

Kiser thinks police could have handled the situation without using a taser.

"I think they should have used mace or if he would have just taken his club out she probably would have ran," he said. "She's just a small lab, not even 50 pounds. It wasn't no rottweiler, you know, shepherd, pit bull - nothing of that nature."

Burton says he believes the officer on the scene used great restraint.



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