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Warren police Taser stuffed animal

Macomb Daily said:
Warren police fired a stun-gun at a large cat that officers believed was a panther but turned out to be a stuffed animal, the department's top official confirmed Thursday.

Police Commissioner William Dwyer said officials now believe the incident was a prank — but didn't take any chances when a man phoned police shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday to report he spotted a large animal inside a discarded cement sewer pipe near Bates Park. The park is located near the Red Run Drain, south of 14 Mile Road and east of Van Dyke.

"I'm not playing games," the man told a dispatcher. "I went up behind it. I shined a light in there. It's huge! It's like a 150-pound cat!"

"Officers could see the outline of what appeared to be a panther-like animal lying in the tube, looking out at them," Dwyer said. "They backed out, for fear of it lunging at them."

Police planned to ask the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to tranquilize the animal with a dart. But a Macomb County animal control official warned such a drug could take 10 minutes to take effect and the animal might run away.

Nearly an hour after the first Warren police officers arrived at the scene, an officer followed a sergeant's order to fire a Taser at the suspected wild feline.

When it didn't move, officers noticed its eyes were still and that it didn't appear to be a real animal. Officers subsequently determined it was a black, stuffed panther toy.

The incident resulted in three hours of overtime for a police animal control officer.

Still, Dwyer believes police showed good judgment.

"If in fact it was a panther and it got in the neighborhoods, we would've had a crisis on our hands," the city's top-ranking police administrator said. "This could've been a standoff for several hours, tying up a number of personnel that could've been used for service and other patrols."

Dwyer said the toy appears life-sized.

The commissioner conceded some people might criticize the department for

its handling of the incident, but added: "On the other hand, we could be out there for hours."

Last November, The Oakland Press reported there were 338 reported cougar sightings in Michigan in 2008, including one in Novi and a large black cat reported in Milford.

A Michigan Wildlife Conservancy official said black cougars, although rare, are possible. About 8 percent of the reported sightings were for black panthers, leading Executive Director Dennis Fijalkowski to believe a small cougar population is breeding in the state, according to the newspaper report.

However, the DNR disagrees, and claims there is no solid evidence — such as a carcass, feces, hair or animal tracks — of cougars in the Lower Peninsula.
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What the fuck is a taser gonna do to it? I know it'd drop it for 5 seconds but then what are they gonna do with it? It'd still run off I'd think, which is the reason why they didn't want to tranquilize it. How embarassing it must be to be the guy that gave the order to tase.
 
LOL..... the cougar population IS actually migrating east at a rapid rate. There is evidence of them being as far east as CHICAGO...... I believe there HAS to be some in the UP, SOMEWHERE. I grew up in south Lyon and people have supposedly been spotting one in the area for about the last 20 years now........ That is pretty damn funny however...... They had to get a laugh out of it too....


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Sillyfest said:
What the fuck is a taser gonna do to it? I know it'd drop it for 5 seconds but then what are they gonna do with it? It'd still run off I'd think, which is the reason why they didn't want to tranquilize it. How embarassing it must be to be the guy that gave the order to tase.
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they would tazer it till the pet cops came.. they dont just tazer for 5 secs they keep hitting it lol.. i know..
 
RedXtcy said:
they would tazer it till the pet cops came.. they dont just tazer for 5 secs they keep hitting it lol.. i know..
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The doggy cop was already there, he's the one who told them they shouldnt wait for the tranquilizer from the zoo to show up. Im sure that if it was real, then it would have been shot to death 5 seconds after they first tazed it. It would have jumped and charged, and 10 handguns would have had empty clips.

I hear Fieger is looking for the toys owner to see if they want to file a lawsuit.
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