Body camera video from the St. George Police Department of an officer deploying a taser on a dog. Location: St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States Date: May 3, 2018 (Thursday) St. George Police Department: **This video contains some language and images that viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.** This video contains body camera footage from 2 cameras. The footage from the second officer begins 5 minutes and 15 seconds into the video. May 3rd, 2018 at 06:17 Dispatch received a 9-1-1 hang-up from a female who could be heard arguing with someone. Dispatch was able to confirm the address prior to the woman hanging up. At 06:20 Dispatch received a call from a local taxi service saying they’d been called to the same person and address to pick up an intoxicated male who was “beating up” the female. Officers arrived on scene at 06:24 and could hear arguing, a dog barking, and a female yelling at a male to get out of her home. The female, whose identity is not being released at this time, opened the door to leave the residence and the male, identified as Willie Mosher, was witnessed by the officer grabbing the female by the neck and waist and trying to pull her back inside the residence. The officer called out to Mr. Mosher to stop and to come outside. Mr. Mosher let the female go at that time. Mr. Mosher then opened the door to speak with the officer. A large German Shepherd ran out past him and tried to bite the officer on the right arm. The officer was able to spin out of reach of the dog, as it ran into the unfenced yard. At that time another officer arrived on scene, got out of his vehicle and approached the scene. The dog charged the officer without provocation and tried to bite him multiple times. The first officer ran over to assist his partner. Mr. Mosher tried to take the dog inside but the dog went after both officers. The dog was tased at that time. The dog ran off and was monitored by other officers until animal control could respond. The dog was aggressive with Animal Control, who also witnessed it become aggressive with a local student walking to school. The Animal Control officer was able to safely capture the dog. During the incident, officers told Mr. Mosher to control and/or secure his dog, multiple times, but he did not. Mr. Mosher also did not intervene when he witnessed his dog attack officers. The dog attack incident was reviewed by the City legal department and it was determined, as outlined in City Ordinance (5-2-7 Prohibited Acts and Activities), that the matter be referred for an Administrative Hearing. After reviewing the evidence provided by the parties involved, a hearing examiner made a determination that the dog was vicious and should be euthanized. Upon reviewing the hearing examiner’s determination, City management has requested that a third-party animal behavioral expert perform an assessment on the dog to determine the next course of action. The City of St. George takes these incidents very seriously and will continue to do everything possible to ensure the safety of the public, our police officers and lives of the animals involved.

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