In one day, a South Carolina deputy used a taser on his K-9, got kicked by a cow
There are plenty of scenarios that would be described as “all in a day’s work” for a sheriff’s deputy. Responding to a false alarm, which is what a South Carolina deputy did Wednesday, would be on the list.
What happened to him after responding to said call would not.
A Georgetown County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a burglary call around 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Pleasant Hill community. As the first deputy on the scene, the unnamed law enforcement official arrived and entered the residence, with his K-9 by his side.
A cow approached them while on the crime scene, which distracted the police dog. The K-9 responded to the cow by biting it, and the deputy − in an effort to protect and serve the cow − deployed his Taser on the dog.
The chain reaction? The cow gets spooked by the Taser and the dog being leashed by other approaching officers.
“Reacting to the dog, the cow struck the deputy and property owner,” reads a statement from the sheriff’s office.
Neither the deputy nor property owner were seriously injured. And later, it was uncovered that the burglary call was “unfounded.”
The cow and K-9 are both reportedly have settled with cooler heads. The sheriff’s office, according to its Facebook post, is in search of tips on the false alarm that led to the kerfuffle.
Those with any information can text an anonymous tip using Text-A-Tip, dial 274637 and text the word GCSOTIP and add your message.
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