By John Vibes
Police Chief Andrew Spencer resigned this week after it was revealed that he shot and killed an innocent dog that was in a cage and meant no one any harm. To make matters even worse, he took the puppy to a firing range and killed it there because he did not want to deal with finding its home.
Spencer found the dog and managed to get it into a cage using a catcher pole. He then wrote in his report that he had planned to take the dog to a shelter where it would be “destroyed,” but then he got another call about a car accident so he decided to do it himself.
The report said that he had planned to go to “the cheapest vet to destroy the dog at the cost of the city.” However, the report continued “Due to the higher priority call and the imminent destruction of the dog, I decided it was best to destroy the dog and respond to the accident.”
After the fact, Spencer claimed that the dog was charging at people in the neighborhood. However, he said that he did not believe that the dog bit anyone, otherwise he would have had it taken to the vet and tested for rabies.
Also, at the time the dog was shot, it was in a cage and thus not a threat to anyone. If Spencer just had a little bit more patience and compassion, he would have found that the family of the lost puppy was looking all over the town for him. Owner Elizabeth Womack said that her puppy Chase was extremely peaceful and friendly animal.
Womack wrote on her Facebook page how she attempted to contact the police and was lied to on several occasions about the incident. Eventually, she was told by the police Chief that he shot and killed her dog, and that they would be free to identify him if they wanted to go dig him up.
I was told by a police officer that they didn’t catch any dogs that day. He said they got a call about Chase, but responded to an assault call instead. So we called for a whole week trying reach chief Andrew Spencer. He did nothing but give us a run around for days. So we called all dog pounds and shelters and rescue one where we got Chase from. A few days later we get a call from chief Spencer, saying he had shot a pit bull chow mix that he picked up in the trailer park down the road from us. He told us He buried him in the sludge field if we wanted to make sure it was him. We didn’t find any freshly dug holes anywhere. So we tried the Sparta shooting range but we only found a pile of burnt meth pipes, cell phones and pill bottles. Then we found out from our neighbor on Friday evening that Chase had been picked up from an unmarked police car in front of our house. So we call and call and call trying to get a hold of chief Spencer again. To pick up our dog. Finally, 5 days later, chief Spencer contacted us saying he dug him up and left him at the police station. We picked him up that night after work. He was wrapped in a garbage bag, no traces of dirt on him or the trash bag anywhere. We got the police report. It never showed who he supposedly bit. So we took our fur baby home after searching for him for a week and laid him to rest.
The excuses Spencer gave for his actions are not acceptable. The dog was in a cage and could have been easily transported while Spencer responded to his other call. The dog could have remained in the car and in the cage as it would be highly unlikely that the entire car would be needed for an accident. If Chase was able to live just a few more hours he would have likely been reunited with his family.
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This should come as no surprise in Missouri, The Puppy Mill State. I bet this scumbag professes to be a Christian, too.
I’m just trying to fathom how someone could be so cruel.
Christian? More like Jeffery Domers cousin. Remember the Columbine killers were atheist, one had a T-shirt that said, ‘natural selection’.
And the latest Oregon killer was also an atheist, that asked his victims if they believed in God before he shot them.
It was never determined if Oregon shooter was atheist. However, most of the shootings have been done by white Christian males. Christians aren’t saints just because they call themselves Christians, they are humans just like the rest of us. 2 people tried to burn down our house 8 yrs ago simply because they thought we weren’t Christian – they had been friends of ours. We narrowly escaped. We lived in TN where if you aren’t Christian you’re called a devil worshipper and may have your home burned down, it’s not that unusual.
He probably enjoyed it. Good riddance.
One sick M.F…. The next step up the ladder would probably be (have been) a caged human…
Probably will be. Bad cops seem to have no problem getting another law enforcement job.
The PIG needs to go to prison!
Prison is far too good for him, give him the same thing the dog got. Just don’t shoot him in the head, Make sure they are leg wounds and stomach shots.
Portrait of an inhuman monster. There’s a bullet out there with your name on it, pal.
No problem for him, I’m sure DHS or the CIA will hire him. This regime loves guys like this.
“No man can say that he knows God, or that he is the child of God, if he does not do the will of God. To do the will of God means not to cheat, nor to steal, nor to lie, nor to hate, nor to be jealous ; but to be of service to humanity, to give forth good counsel, to cheer the fallen, and to give love to all those that need it. ‘By their fruits shall ye know them.’ “
It’s heinous to abuse another human, but animal cruelty is, in my opinion, the basest act that a human might do!!! I saw a deer hit by a car the other night, and it upset me no end.
Slit open this SOBs gut; nail his entrails to a post; beat him with a whip until he disembowels himself trying to escape. Everyone walk away and let him lay on the ground alone to bleed to death!
He deserves no mercy!
Police Chief needs to be brought up on animal cruelty charges, improperly disposing of a dead animal, improperly disposing of drug paraphernalia (crack pipe), deliberately lying to the public under the color of authority, and filing a false police report…for starters. Or just wait for him to show up at the gun range (because he’s such a jackass that he will), and have a little street justice. If that Mayberry police department had no clue that this guy was such a psychopath, trust me, they’ll never be able to piece together why his body turned up at the gun range with a dog collar cinched crushingly tight around his throat.
Dogs now, who`s next.?
I wonder why this report did not mention Charges against this “Officer”?
Another cold, heartless, psychopath being paid by the rest of us to serve and protect. Poor little helpless dog is killed for fun because it’s a Pit Bull. People need to demand these sick people are punished and never allowed to act as a public servant of any kind.
ANYONE who thinks the “to protect and serve” on the side of a police car means the citizens needs to do some research! It means to protect and serve the LAWS of the government! Degenerates like this need to be removed from the police force and banned from EVER having a gun again!
The article does not include information about the location, town, city, county, or state. It would be better if that were included.
Let’s hope someone puts this POS down sooner than later.