I am sickened that senior Sussex Police officers can treat a living animal in such a cavalier and ignorant manner.

Maybe the officers who shot a naked and unarmed man not so long ago should be put down.

I can only hope these senior officers don't find themselves in a dangerous situation and find the dogs refuse to defend them.

The whole saga is certainly making me consider withholding the rise in my council tax designated to the police.

-Ian Slater, Mill Rise, Brighton