$262K settlement for owner of dog killed by police
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The owner of a mixed-breed therapy dog that died after police stunned and shot it five times was awarded $262,000 for the 2012 incident.
The payment is part of a settlement with Commerce City, Colorado that avoids the case going to a federal civil court trial, which had been scheduled for later in the month, according to KDVR.
“I am happy that we have been vindicated,” Chloe’s owner Gary Branson told the Denver Post. “She deserved justice for what happened to her.”
The award is considered the largest settlement of its kind in the country’s history, according to the Animal Law Center.
Branson went out of town and left Chloe, a mixed breed chocolate lab, with a relative in November 2012, according to the Denver Post. She got out when a garage door was accidentally left open. Police got a call that she was running loose in the neighborhood. After being snared with a catch pole and stunned, Officer Robert Price shot Chloe five times, according to KDVR.
The incident was caught on camera by a neighbor across the street. The video went viral and played a vital role in a trial against the officer.
Price was charged with animal cruelty but was acquitted by a jury in 2013, according to the Denver Post. Police said he acted within policy when he shot the dog.
