Animal Control Officer Fumes After Cop Kills His Dog With Shotgun

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Animal Control Officer Fumes After Cop Kills His Dog With Shotgun

November 16th, 2017

Awake Goy

PASSAIC – As an animal control officer for Bergen County, John Timmins says he knows what it’s like to have to capture an aggressive dog.

You have to be careful, vigilant and patient.

But, he says, in the 17 years he’s been on the job, he has never ordered a police officer to shoot an animal. So, on Monday, almost two months after a Passaic police officer killed Timmins’ dog with a shotgun, he’s still wondering why those who responded that day weren’t more empathetic, and is preparing to fight it out in the court system.

Wildfire, a nearly 4-year-old American Bulldog who was killed in September

Timmins, of Passaic, said Wildfire, his nearly 4-year-old American Bulldog, was shot in September after she escaped from his fenced-in backyard.

Police responded on Sept. 23 to calls that the dog attacked other dogs and chased “innocent people in the area,” according to a police report by the responding officer.

Timmins, who works for Bergen County, disputed details in the police report, which he said incorrectly characterized his dog as a pit bull, and incorrectly stated he understood the officers’ approach and “did not object to the outcome.”

According to the report, Passaic Officer Samuel Rivera Jr., responded to a call of a dog attacking other dogs. When he got to the scene, he watched the dog chase and attack a cat and chase another dog, which got away.

Rivera, the son of a former police officer who went to federal prison as mayor, called for animal control and unsuccessfully tried to capture the dog.

Passaic’s animal control officer was 30 minutes away, so Clifton’s animal control officer, Robert Boyle, responded. Boyle advised Rivera that the dog should be “neutralized,” Rivera recounted in his report.

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