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N. Idaho Officer’s Pay Cut After Dog Shooting

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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) – A northern Idaho police officer whose superiors determined his shooting of a pet dog in a parked van violated policy has had his pay reduced.

The Coeur d’Alene Press reports (http://bit.ly/ZCBWa5) that Coeur d’Alene Police Officer David Kelley’s hourly wage was cut by $3.15 to $31.02 per hour.

Information obtained by the newspaper through a public records request found the reduction started Oct. 1 for the officer who has 17 years of law enforcement experience.

Police on July 9 put out a statement that an officer responding earlier that day to a report of a suspicious van shot and killed a “vicious pit bull” that lunged for an officer’s face.

The dog turned out to be a 2-year-old black Labrador mix named Arfee, whose owner was in a coffee shop.

Information from: Coeur d’Alene Press, http://www.cdapress.com

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