At least where I live, animal control falls under the police department. Could be different elsewhere.

Agreed.

No I can’t seem to get it to open, which is a problem on my end.

Yes, bring back the New Deal Democrats! Enough of Third Way neoliberalism.

I realize I’m inviting down votes as well, but, ignoring the dog’s name, did he actually bite someone? If so, I can understand why the police were there and that is different from officers randomly barging into an apartment and shooting whatever dog happens to be around (which is a great story to stir people up and get clicks). Though it is still odd how it was handled, I would expect an animal control officer to be first to make contact with the dog’s owners. Not to go straight to shooting the dog?