I wonder if the deputy had any "plan" when it came to how he was going to round up this pit bull outside of shooting it? I thought that the Animal Care and Regulation department is supposed to attempt to round up stray dogs and such. I didn't know that rounding up dogs was a responsibility meant for gun-touting law enforcement nowadays... in a county notorious for pit bulls killed by law enforcement officials.

www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/lauder...0127,0,4402456.story

Pit bull wounded by sheriff's deputy
By Joel Marino, Sun Sentinel

January 27, 2010

A Broward Sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a pit bull that charged at him Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

The dog was taken to an animal hospital by Broward County Animal Care and Regulation. Officials did not know who owned the dog. It was not clear what would happen to it.

In response to a resident complaint about a pit bull running around the neighborhood, the deputy went to the 4100 block of Northwest 39th Avenue, the Sheriff's Office said.

The dog ran toward the deputy, who shot at it twice, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal.

An internal investigation will be conducted, Leljedal said.

"We look into any case where a deputy discharges a weapon in the line of duty," he said.