I was horrified to read about Bruce. Kids were fighting in the streets with knives and bottles, yet a dog who has been trained to protect the officers and the public has been destroyed for doing what he was trained to do. Appalling.

What would have happened had one of these kids attacked an officer with a knife or bottle?

It's very likely the dog prevented such an attack, yet he has paid for defending his master with his life.

I find this shameful and pathetic and my heart goes out to the Tattum family.

Bruce was trained by human beings to do a job and certainly deserved better than to be killed for doing so.

Shame.

-Maureen Zimmerman, United Court, Columbus, Ohio