Police Use Tasers On Pit Bulls

[Zhou Xuanyao]

It is a tough situation isn't it. What are they supposed to do ?

Using tazers does not seem ideal though. They are not designed for small fast moving targets like dogs. There have been a number of reports in the past where they end up getting bit after trying to use a tazer on a dog. The other thing is, you have to hope the dog will run away after it is electrocuted, they can hardly go and put it in handfcuffs while it is incapacitated.

Having said that though, for every time they have been bitten, how many times have they succeeded ?

They cannot shoot the dogs for a number of reasons, not least of which, when they raid someone they are raiding the home of a suspect not someone who has been found guilty of any crime. The police cannot just go into a suspects house and start shooting their pets.