Review of police shootings of dogs after BPD officer kills dog at Newburgh Avenue home

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There is another issue for police officers that has again surfaced with a Buffalo officer fatally shooting a city resident’s dog, which charged at him back in June.

2 On Your Side spoke with the leader of an animal advocacy organization that is calling for more training of police to prevent such tragic encounters for pet owners and themselves.

A Buffalo Police report indicates this incident happened June 28 at a home on Newburgh Avenue as a police officer was distributing brochures warning against use of fireworks…

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