A rookie police dog made sure his fellow human officers were safe on a recent police call.
Pensacola Police said they were called when Oliver Hurst forced his way into his girlfriend's home early Thursday morning. He was armed with a shotgun and used it to threaten his girlfriend before returning to his home across the street, police said.
PPD 6/20/18: K9 FosterWho's a good boy? Last night, after getting drunk, grabbing a shotgun and breaking into his girlfriend's home, a man fled from your Pensacola Police Officers. Sometimes, bad decisions lead to more bad decisions. He ran into his nearby house, picked up the shotgun and turned toward your officers. K-9 Foster entered the house with Officer Brandon Williams and when he saw this, Foster immediately latched onto the shotgun, wrestled it away from the suspect and carried the shotgun off into another room. True story. Obviously, this could have ended a bunch of different ways. Most of them bad. But thanks to the officers' restraint and a very loyal dog, your officers went home safely and the bad guy went to jail. #pensacolasfinest #goodestboy View the press release: https://www.cityofpensacola.com/civicalerts.aspx?AID=967
Posted by Pensacola Police Department on Thursday, June 21, 2018
When police arrived, Hurst was on his front porch, but refused to surrender before going inside. Officers said they followed him inside where they they saw Hurst grab the gun from a couch.
That's when Foster, an 18-month-old German shepherd, who is the newest on the team, jumped into action. He grabbed the gun from Hurst's hands and took it to another room of the house, where police seized the weapon.
Police used a stun gun on Hurst to subdue him before taking him into custody.
Police said Hurst was charged with armed burglary, aggravated assault, battery, criminal mischief and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.
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