APD's Official Statement on Cisco the Dog
The Austin Police Department has issued a statement regarding the controversial shooting of Cisco the dog on Saturday.
The incident, which drew national press and inspired a Justice for Cisco Facebook page that currently holds over 60,000 likes, led both Cisco's owner Michael Paxton and APD Chief Art Acevedo to speak with KLBJ-FM yesterday. In the interview, Paxton says: "Obviously there's a breakdown of training here. You don't approach an unarmed man in his driveway with weapons drawn." (In March, KUT News reported on ramped up weapons training at APD, set to start in April).
Acevedo said: "I'm sorry on behalf on all the members of the department. We know the pain's real."