Despite a community outcry, the Sheffield Lake mayor said, “don’t let public opinion keep us from hiring someone who’s more than qualified for this position.”
SHEFFIELD, Ohio - The former Lorain police officer who shot and killed a 3-year-old lab mix named Dixie in front of her family was hired in Sheffield Lake .
“Dixie is not used to screaming when she’s around people. They all want to play with her, or let her lick them, or be lovable as labs do... and Dixie took off not towards the officer mind you. She was six feet away from him, running that way. He was nowhere near her, and she was no way near him or charging him as he claimed later on. She charged to go across the street,” Mellenie described. “When he fired on her, she was in the middle of the street on the yellow lines.
The days after the shooting, the Lorain Police Department released the bodycam footage of the officer using force on the dog “in order for the Department to be fully transparent about the incident,” then Acting Chief of Police Capt. Michael Failing stated. McCann added the officer was bitten by another dog on duty in April 2023 and had to have surgery, and came close to losing the hand due to infection.
McCann said the department purchased bit-resistant gloves and placed them in supervisor patrol cars as a result of the shooting.Will Kerns declined to comment at the time, but shared that he believed an outside agency should have handled the investigation.The Sheffield Lake City Council held a Special Meeting on Aug. 6 to discuss the appointment of Elliot Palmer as a full-time officer of the Sheffield Police Department.
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