A police officer in a small town in Idaho shot and killed a family pet and service dog, an older Labrador, in the family front yard while the family was inside celebrating one of the kid's 9th birthday...the dog was in the yard, not on a chain, and the family says the officer kicked the dog several times, then shot and killed it when it barked at him...
http://www.rawstory.com/...
Police officials say the officer acted within his legal right. The dog's owner, confined to a wheel chair, says he will sue.
Protect and serve?
Assholes with guns and steroids is more like it.