Officer shoots "gangsta" Lab

Salem police officer shoots dog in Willamina

By Paul Daquilante
WILLAMINA — A Salem police officer shot a Labrador retriever mix Wednesday after it charged and attacked a police dog as officers were trying to take a barricaded felony suspect into custody at 371 S.E. Ivey St.
Salem Lt. Dave Okada said officer Trevor Morrison shot the lab mix, owned by Kimberly A. Farmer of the Ivey Street address, after it attacked Morrisons dog, Dillon.
Both dogs survived their injuries, he said.
Officers from three agencies went to the residence, located near the old Willamina High School site, to pick up ex-convict Wilson Eugene Voorhis, 28, of Salem. The contingent included three canine teams, as Voorhis has a history of resisting and attempting to elude, according to Okada.
Marion County had issued a warrant for Voorhis arrest earlier in the week on two counts each of menacing and attempting to elude a police officer and one count each of fourth-degree assault, felon in possession of a weapon and unlawful use of a weapon.
He also has three counts of second-degree burglary pending against him in an unrelated case. He is scheduled to go on trial on those counts on Thursday, May 28.
Six Yamhill County sheriffs deputies participated, including canine officer Mark Brodeur with his dog, Frosty. Also participating was McMinnville canine officer Hugo Cerda with his dog, Poncho.
Brodeur was on duty at the time, and went to the scene. Frosty, however, is still in training and was not directly involved in the incident.
Morrison fired two rounds into the attacking lab mix, according to Brodeur.
I went to the vets office, where the dog has been seen before, Brodeur said. I talked to the vet who was working on the dog, and it was breathing on its own.
Okada said the response was organized after Voorhis vehicle was tracked to the residence. He said it was expansive because the suspect has had a tendency to run and resist arrest.
After surrounding the house, he said, officers made contact with Voorhis and fellow fugitive Erik Michael Bean, 25, of Salem.
Voorhis barricaded himself inside the residence, Okada said. We started talking to him. The homeowner took her dog to a vehicle in the driveway. It escaped and attacked our canine, grabbing it around the neck. Our officer had no choice but to shoot the dog.
Eventually, the situation was defused and both Voorhis and Bean were taken into custody.
Because he is also under a hold for violating terms of his post-prison supervision on an earlier conviction, Voorhis was lodged in the Marion County Jail without bail.
Bean was booked into the Yamhill County Jail on $10,000 bail on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance (cocaine). He is scheduled for transfer to the Marion County Jail.
Brodeur described Voorhis, Bean and Farmer as acquaintances. He said Farmer was not charged or cited.
A woman who answered the phone at the residence Thursday morning refused comment, saying, I dont think so, and hung up.

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[gezelle007]

yea its not the dogs. its jut how they are raised.

[MRK00KI3M0NST3R]

pit bull can be the nicest dogs in the world

most of the time its the owners that miss treat them or train them to kill

[curtisblackthorne]

a cop dog doesnt deserve more rights than a regular dog its a fuckin dog not a pig

[FUzupf]

@Rubio1616 hey.....do whatever

[Rubio1616]

@FUzupf

You are being a bit harsh, people can discuss things objectively even if they don't like them.

If they can't however, I should disregard your comments on Clifton, because you are anti-Clifton, and you have no credentials in Clifton related issues.

[FUzupf]

@Rubio1616

Clifton has no credentials in dog related issues, he collects, "analzyes," and publishes his own "data" in his own magazine "Animal People" and he has gone on record stating he hates pit bulls.

How can ANYONE create an unbiased, objective dog attack study if the person already passes judgement against one breed?

[Rubio1616]

@FUzupf ok, sample size problems. I'll call Clifton.

[FUzupf]

Part 3

One hundred attacks per year represents 1% of the total hospitalizations from dog bites each year and .03% of all emergency department visits each year.

Because Clifton relies only on media reports for his 'study', it's not only NOT complete, it's not a genuine sample because it's subject to media bias -- which has shown that it would rather focus on the dramatic and fear mongering. And THAT is how Merrit Clifton bought into it.

[FUzupf]

Part 2

The total number of of hospitalizations of 9,500 is the highest number since numbers were recorded in 1993. And the number have been steadily increasing over that time -- however, much of that is due to an increase in population -- as the number of hospitalizations per 100,000 people has been pretty consistently between 2.7 and 3.0 over the past 13 years.

Clifton's study covers dog attacks over the past 27 years - and includes 2,695 dog bites - so roughly 100 attacks per year.

[FUzupf]

@Rubio1616

Part 1

I love it when you guys quote Clifton. 1st of all: according to HCUP released in November 2010. There were 316,200 emergency department visits in 2008 from dog bites. Of those, 9,500 involved overnight stays. Also, according to the study there were more than 30 million emergency department visits a year, and nearly 3 million hospitalizations -- so about 1% of all ED visits and .3% of hospitalizations are from dog bites.

[Rubio1616]

@MRK00KI3M0NST3R Clifton states: If almost any other dog has a bad moment, someone may get bitten, but will not be maimed for life or killed, and the actuarial risk is accordingly reasonable. If a pit bull terrier or a Rottweiler has a bad moment, often someone is maimed or killed. dogbitelaw

[Rubio1616]

@gezelle007 According to the Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes are responsible for 74% of attacks that were included in the study, 68% of the attacks upon children, 82% of the attacks upon adults, 65% of the deaths, and 68% of the maimings. In more than two-thirds of the cases included in the study, the life-threatening or fatal attack was apparently the first known dangerous behavior by the animal in question. dogbitelaw