Phoenix officer won't allow neighbor to get stranded cat

[specflec]

I have yet to see a cat skeleton in a tree...

Yes, well... a bit of irony is all my dying in a tree comment was. Cats have a he** of a time coming down from trees due to claw structure. But my point: Is either of these guys seeing the immediate issue here or is it all about their baggage they are hauling around? People make me tired sometimes.

Maybe HypnoCat could beam him down...

 

[specflec]

The cat will make it out of the tree. That would explain why I'm not too concerned. I do donate to the ASPCA. Don't mistake me for being heartless.

No mistake made and no reference to you was inferred. I just think it's sad that these guys are not able to come to a humane conclusion.

 

[twinrider1]

I'm stunned a Phoenix PD public relations person hasn't pulled that guy and his boss into an office and tore them new ones.

And why not just wait until the officer goes to work.

And I'd think the fire department would send a ladder truck over there just as ammo to talk trash against the police department.

Unless this officer is on some kind of disability.

The news often leaves things out, or gets them wrong entirely.

 

[Gunner]

LOL! I wuz gonna write that but decided not to go there. Glad you did for me.

Hey, thanks for hypno cat. The kids love it!

Here's something back atchya. The mean kitty series on youtube:

YouTube - MEAN KITTY Episode 1: Witch Doctor

YouTube - The Mean Kitty Song

Glad to be of service! Nice Vids BTW.

 

[broke_player]

 

[LazyDays]

 

[SKATTERBRANE]

I have yet to see a cat skeleton in a tree...

now THAT'S funny! Yes, the cat WILL come down on its own, and if it doesn't, then it really isn't much of a cat.

 

[Nicky]

"...Late Tuesday morning, Michael said six police officers arrived at the home and rescued the cat using a ladder.

Michael said Brutis is a bit tired, scared and skinnier after 9 days in the tree, but by all accounts appears okay.

"I'm pretty happy, he lost a lot of weight up there, he was a little chubby when he went up and he's kind of boney now," Michael said.

Sgt. Thompson said Phoenix Police don't normally rescue cats from trees, but said calls to the Police Chief's office prompted the move to get the cat down from the tree.

"The fire department doesn't respond to get cats out of trees, the police department certainly doesn't do it..we went ahead and said let's go ahead and get the cat down," Thompson said.

Michael said he has no hard feelings for the people who own the tree the cat was stuck in, he's just glad to have Brutis safely home.

"He wasn’t allowed out in the first place…specifically for this kind of reason," Michael said. "And I don’t ever want him to get out again. I’d like to think he learned his lesson, but he’s probably not that smart. He couldn’t figure out how to get out the tree..."

Two Sides to Every Story

From Phoenix PD:

Last night and today a story has been running in the media concerning a Phoenix Police Officer and the rescue of a cat from a tree in his yard. There is some information that was not presented in the story. Due to the lack of this information, the department has received negative phone calls and e-mails attacking the officer. The officer has even had derogatory things written on his sidewalk. In an effort to set the record straight, here is some information that was not presented.

On Tuesday, December 23rd, the owner of the cat contacted his neighbor, who is a Phoenix Police Officer, and told him he was staying with some friends and his cat was in the officer’s tree. The officer said there was nothing he could do and believed the cat would come down on its own.

Later that night, the officer and his wife were wakened at about 11:30 p.m. to the sound of the cat owner in his yard calling, “Brutus, Brutus.” The officer’s wife spoke to the man and told him she was trying to sleep and needed to get up early in the morning. The man stopped calling until approximately 2:00 a.m. in the morning that same night, when the man starting calling again, “Brutus, Brutus.” This time the family ignored the man.

On Christmas morning, the cat’s owner came back to the officer’s house and said he had called the Arizona Humane Society, but they wouldn’t respond unless the owner of the property called them. The officer’s wife called the Arizona Humane Society and asked them to respond. While doing so, the cat’s owner called the Arizona Humane Society, because he didn’t believe the wife was in fact calling them.

The Arizona Humane Society responded to the scene on Christmas day at approximately 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. to rescue the cat. The officer facilitated their attempt to rescue the cat. They did not have the resources to safely conduct the rescue of the cat. The Arizona Humane Society said the cat appeared healthy and they told the officer that the cat would come down on his own if they allowed it to do so.

The cat’s owner was given the same instructions. He was told to place food and water out and the cat would come down on its own. I was told that if the cat owner had followed those instructions, the cat would have come down.

At approximately 4:30 or 5:00 p.m., still on Christmas day, the officer’s wife saw a hose coming over the fence from the neighbor’s house where the cat’s owner lived. Someone was using the hose to squirt the cat with water, probably trying to get it down from the tree. Let me re-emphasize this was someone at the cat owner’s house.

On Monday, December 29th, at about 1:15 p.m., the officer was in his house preparing to go to bed, because he was working the night shift later that night. His dog was barking at something in the backyard. He looked outside and saw a ladder leaned against his back wall and someone was climbing the ladder to his backyard. Not knowing what was happening, the officer dressed in his pajamas, a T-shirt and his socks, stepped outside of his house about two feet with his gun and badge to find out who or what was coming over his back wall.

He had no idea who the man was, because the man had not contacted the officer or his family. The officer told the man that he was there to rescue the cat. The officer told him to get down because if the man fell he would be liable.

There was a question raised about the officer’s dog not allowing the cat to come down. The officer’s dog is a poodle, which is a house dog. It stays in the house approximately 23 hours each day.

This morning at about 9:00 a.m., Phoenix Police Officers from the Desert Horizon Precinct obtained a large ladder and with several officers securing the ladder, one climbed up the ladder and removed the cat from the tree. Brutus the cat appeared in excellent condition and was returned to its owner.

When I spoke to the Arizona Humane Society they advised that the officer was very patient and did everything he possibly could to facilitate the rescue of the cat throughout the course of this incident.

In addition, because of the large amount of attention this story has gained, which garnered complaints, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office sent investigators to look at the possibility of animal cruelty. I spoke with the supervisor, who went to the scene, and he told me that the officer had done absolutely nothing wrong and the cat was fine.

Hopefully, this information will help you understand what actually happened.

 

[SKATTERBRANE]

Yep the media will fuck a story every time. I think if the cop shot the cat out of the tree, maybe he could get some sleep and that over-wrought owner would learn a lesson.

 

[USP45Tim]

I rest my case....

 

[Gunner]

I knew there was something that stunk about this story! Thanks for posting this.

 

[Harpozep]

I don't trust either story.
Free Brutis!
Stop the tyranny!