Do cops just not like dogs?

It's all too common a scenario: A police officer steps onto private property without suspecting any wrong-doing there. The police officer is approached by a dog that lives on that property. The police officer shoots the dog.

Usually, though, the incident isn't captured -- in part, at least -- on video.

The Kalamazoo Gazette reports:

Todd Pook thought he heard fireworks Friday afternoon beside his home at 132 E. Belmont St.
What he actually heard was two gunshots fired at his dog, Chase, an Akita-rottweiler mix, after the animal was approached by a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer investigating a breaking-and-entering call across the street.

"I stepped out on my back porch, and I could see the smoke from the gun," Pook said.
The dog was injured in both hind legs, requiring 21 stitches in one leg and a drainage tube for fluid in the other. Pook said he paid more than $1,000 for surgery and an overnight stay for Chase at his veterinarian's office.

Fortunately, the dog survived the shooting.

More here on police misbehavior caught on camera.