Bear shot dead by police

[mcclelt]

Just another sad display of police brutality....

If the bear attacked I can see shooting it but if it's just trying to survive or stay out of the way I say leave it alone or re-locate it...

I bear hunt & respect this animal, there is a time and place to shoot a bear & this is not one of them..........

Police Brutality ??????
Another Classic post !

Yep, police mishandled this for sure !
They should have talked that bear down from the tree, taken it into custody, fed it lunch, swing by the local Social Services office and get some funding for a one-way Greyhound bus ticket for somewhere up towards Sudbury.
Problem solved.

[rick_iles]

Police Brutality ??????
Another Classic post !

Yep, police mishandled this for sure !
They should have talked that bear down from the tree, taken it into custody, fed it lunch, swing by the local Social Services office and get some funding for a one-way Greyhound bus ticket for somewhere up towards Sudbury.
Problem solved.

HaHaHa......excellent post. I didn't know coffee flew that far from my nose !!!!!

[Karl Marques]

My problem with it is why in hell did it take 5 shots at close range.A couple yrs ago a deer got hit by a car and broke a leg.YRP showed up and this deer was laying in the ditch they shot 9 times and never touched it and it got over the fence and they shot 9 more times and didnt hit it as it disapeared into the bush.I get many calls re bears here in georgina and so far no problems. But sooner or later this time of the yr somebody will be walking in the reforestation areas and un intentionaly walk between a sow and her cubs.If she in a good mood your lucky if not kiss your butt goodbye.Bears have shown up in newmarket area for yrs now.

The ammo they use may have something to do with this. Some police use only FMJ ammo. Hunting rounds may require less shots to take it down.

[Karl Marques]

All these comments and so much passion. Only one comment about bringing back the spring bear hunt. I thought this thread would be full of them. I suppose there's not much point though. Kind of like preaching to the choir.

[rick_iles]

The ammo they use may have something to do with this. Some police use only FMJ ammo. Hunting rounds may require less shots to take it down.

FMJ ????? Not in Ontario !

[B Wilson]

FMJ ????? Not in Ontario !

The police don't use NATO rounds? What do they use? Just curious

[rick_iles]

The police don't use NATO rounds? What do they use? Just curious

Jacketed hollow points and PSP rifle rounds. The last thing they need is a pass through round hitting an innocent bystander.

[revrnd]

My problem with it is why in hell did it take 5 shots at close range.A couple yrs ago a deer got hit by a car and broke a leg.YRP showed up and this deer was laying in the ditch they shot 9 times and never touched it and it got over the fence and they shot 9 more times and didnt hit it as it disapeared into the bush.I get many calls re bears here in georgina and so far no problems. But sooner or later this time of the yr somebody will be walking in the reforestation areas and un intentionaly walk between a sow and her cubs.If she in a good mood your lucky if not kiss your butt goodbye.Bears have shown up in newmarket area for yrs now.

I've read of other reports where the cops have had to take multiple shots to put down a injured dog or deer. I take it a 9 mm is that great of a caliber for deer?

Several years ago a friend dealt w/ had bear that had been wandering around the village. He was old school & figured it was better that way than waiting for the Ministry of No Results to come up w/ a solution.

[trimmer21]

Jacketed hollow points and PSP rifle rounds. The last thing they need is a pass through round hitting an innocent bystander.

Not to misdirect this excellent thread,but,those little .223 rounds may be OK for CQB with armed subjects,but,are too light for shooting large animals in cases such as we have here. We used to be issued with Rem 870 12ga with a couple of boxes of buck shot,but,most of us carried a box or two of slugs....just in case we needed to put down an almost roadkill.
I'm having a huge issue,not with the Police,but,with OMNRF sloughing off this issue onto law enforcement. If anything,Police should have whacked the Bear,from the get-go. They took a huge chance getting into a pissing contest with the OMNRF.

[Gern1980]

Alot of people. Blame cutbacks but if they cut back then the budget should have went down and not gone up I think some is just pure laziness nobody wants to do any work anymore just sit in the office

What's scary is comments like this which show people lack the basic and rudimentary understanding of how our government works and manages budgets, allocates resources etc. You add that to the complete ridiculousness you see when citizens criticize law enforcement and you have to shake your head at the collective stupidty of our society.

Did anyone ever consider there is no one to criticize in all this? A frikin bear became a threat to the public. The MNR have had thier department, particularily the wildlife portion, gutted and so they don't respond. Cops do thier job and protect the public with what they have. One bear is shot. He's a big bear and didn't go down as quick as you like. Ya right. How many of you will have no problem flinging an arrow at the same bear if he came into your stand on a bear hunt?

No one did wrong. It's a part of life. Get over yourselves and grow a set.