Secret Service dogs nab White House fence jumper

[LiberalElite]

Last edited Thu Oct 23, 2014, 07:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON — An unidentified man was in custody Wednesday night after he climbed over the White House fence and was swiftly apprehended on the North Lawn by uniformed Secret Service agents and their dogs.

The incident came about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the same lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion before he was felled in the ceremonial East Room and taken into custody.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/1022/Secret-Service-dogs-nab-White-House-fence-jumper

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Thank goodness for the dogs.

EDIT: I'm now watching Good Morning America's coverage of this story - and I wonder where the dogs were all the other times.

[mahannah]

1. Good dog!

[shenmue]

2. I heard he kicked a dog

Booooooo! Hiss! Jerk!

[jtuck004]

3. Cut his foot off. n/t

[TeamPooka]

9. Even Republicans have to be against a guy kicking a Secret Service dog. Right?

[LisaL]

10. Yes. There is a video of this and it shows that he kicked the dog.

[Botany]

13. Yes and he is in the hospital too

The idea is for overwhelming and hopefully non lethal force and if the person has,
a gun, or a knife, of a bomb then the dog gets hurt before a human does.

The dogs got the person w/in 10 to 15' of the fence. Good dog.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

39. What a gorgeous dog!

nt

[magical thyme]

50. there is a K-9 breeder and trainer that I pass on my way to work

with a national reputation. Their non-police dogs are sold locally as pets, and I've heard them referred to as "shaggy shephards" because of their coats. I wonder if the dog in that pic is one...he looks to have the trademark longer fur...

[jakeXT]

33. Fox News

[Baitball Blogger]

41. Fox news relayed the news without any anti-Obama rhetoric!

That's news!

[Aristus]

43. Just wait...

...

[MADem]

34. He PUNCHED the dog...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/23/uk-usa-whitehouse-lockdown-idUSKCN0IC01320141023

[jonjensen]

4. assault guns banned in canada

fortunetly assult rifles are banned in canada or death toll would be much higher!

[LiberalElite]

6. ???? wrong thread nt

[freshwest]

22. No thread is the wrong thread for uh... What?

[Cha]

30. You're on the wrong thread, jonjensen.

[No Vested Interest]

5. Was the door locked? nt

[elleng]

7. Officials say 2 Secret Service dogs had to be taken to vet for injuries sustained when man jumped

White House fence.

http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2014/10/23/officials-say-2-secret-service-dogs-had-to-be-take/

[Tumbulu]

15. Poor dogs!

This is really getting scary! What is with all these fence jumpers?

[Cha]

31. :( Damn those WH fence jumpers. Wonder what spurs them on? My take is rwinger hate radio and TV.

If I believed their shit about President Obama I might want to jump the fence, too.

[former9thward]

47. The latest has been diagnosed as mentally ill.

Which most of them are. There have been jumpers in every administration.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/politics/white-house-fence-jumper/index.html

[LibertyLover]

38. Dogs' injuries were minor

and they were cleared to return to duty, per an article I read in the Washington Post. Good dogs!

[elleng]

52. Good to hear.

Thanks.

[magical thyme]

49. the video shows one dog getting it right in the face/under the jaw

I stopped the video right at the point where his foot hit -- it's blurry and dark, but you can see the poor dog's head snap to the left from the kick.

I don't see a 2nd dog in the video.

[irisblue]

8. CSMonitor said he kicked & punched the Sec Service Dogs

It is my understanding those dogs are trained to grab and hold until their human partner/trainer tells the dog to release. I really hope they got a few decent chomps in to get a good hold. Ear skritchies and steak for dinner tonight after the Vet cleared them. Good Dog!

[Skittles]

12. yes

I remember seeing a show about how they train those dogs and one of the dogs who excelled in every way flunked out because he just could not resist taking an extra bite after the cease order

[irisblue]

14. well.....if some human was hitting/kicking me....I likely would as well.

[freshwest]

23. Hope he got charged for that, too. Would love to hear his 'reasons' for all of this ruckus...

[Botany]

11. Get 'em ..... good dog!

A good security dog or dogs is just what is needed for that kind of
security work. Overwhelming non lethal force and if the person
has a gun or knife or a bomb then the dog might help to save a person's
life.

Not having a good dog or dogs on duty when the last fence jumper got
inside the White House was unforgivable.

I just heard on MSNBC that the fence jumper made it only 10 to 15' past
the fence before the dogs got him.

[irisblue]

16. do the dogs who work the WH grounds wear kevlar?

Some dumb son of satan will come weaponed up some day.

[Botany]

18. I doubt it.

But it is better that the dog gets "it" then a human.

[irisblue]

19. what?

the dogs are there to slow down a bad human. It would seem a Kevlar vest on a working dog gives more time, even if the dog is wounded, for several badasses with a whole lot of muscle, human and military to show up and stop the problem on the WH grounds

[Botany]

20. My best guess is that vest would slow down a dog's speed in running and the ....

... weight of the vest would put a stress on the animal too. In the cold world of security
the dogs are a key part of the equation but they are expendable too.

From what I am hearing it was two dogs that got to the person who jumped the fence.

[MADem]

35. Video--Fox, sorry. I only see one dog, no vest, but there might have been more. It's dark...

[Myrina]

53. don't know much about professional service dogs or their gear, do ya?

SMH.

[Ash_F]

27. I don't know how well that would work, given dogs' body shape.

I found this

http://epequip.com/catalogue/law-enforcement-dog-armour-leda/

Better than nothing though.

[defacto7]

24. Have you ever seen a good attack dog go?

They are incredibly fast.. it's unbelievable. There was a video posted on this site of a dog told to attack a guy with a gun and it was over before the guy knew what hit him. If the dog is told to attack, it's usually over... they go for the throat the face the weapon... if the dogs are told or trained just to hold, they would unfortunately have a chance to get kicked or worse... but they will do what they're trained to do.

[Botany]

26. yes ..... I have worked around and with dogs for years and real security dogs .....

.... are amazing animals ....... One place I have worked around has a
big Doberman Pinscher and his head is almost 4' off the ground. Before I
was given an introduction that dog let me know that he was fine as long
as I stayed on one side of the fence but the side "he was working" was his
world. Once the dog's owner came out and invited me in and introduced
me to "Mr. Moon" (dog's name) he was my buddy .... even to the point he
wouldn't leave me alone. The dog and I are pals now but I still know that
he has a job to guard the property, the people, the horses and the other dogs
that live there and I pity the person who would upset "his world."

I don't know if the secret service and the government still get their German
Shepards from this place but their used to be a kennel on the eastern shore
of MD or in Deleware that supplied security dogs and i got to see one of those
dogs "work" in training and a man (with protective gear) and at least 50 yds
away from the dog was taken down in seconds.

I will never understand on how last month's fence jumper got all the way
to the White House because the Secret Service had no dogs on duty.

[defacto7]

28. They are amazing.

"I will never understand on how last month's fence jumper......."

It's hard for me to believe it was just a lax administrating of the security people. There's more going on there. I would have had dogs on as first defense without a second thought.

[Botany]

29. Those dogs have to be on duty 24/7 and 365

Fence jumpers are exactly why they have those dogs. Tonight's
guy only got 10 to 15 before the dogs got him.

But onto the Secret Service's "mistakes" and w/one time you
have random chance, and with 2 times you have really bad luck
but w/3 times you have a pattern.

[magical thyme]

51. my untrained rhodesian ridgeback-x rescue puppy saved me from an attacking dog

I still cannot fathom my pudgy little guy's speed. He was at least 70 feet away and had turned to watch, when the lab dropped his quarters to launch at me. He never made it off the ground. I heard shrieking ( he has a very high pitched bay), saw a yellow blur, and Luna was on that dog's shoulder.

[winstars]

17. "Release the Hounds"

[freshwest]

21. LOL! And the guy was wearing shorts, too. Ouch!

[awoke_in_2003]

54. I was thinking

dogs with bumble bees in their mouth.

[Nye Bevan]

25. My dog would be useless in that role.

Yes, he would run up to the intruder, but he would be wagging his tail and looking for a belly rub.

[davidpdx]

32. What is it with all the fence jumpers?

Did all the crazies escape?

[MADem]

36. They'll probably restrict access to the area around the WH even more, now.

Any time you approach it is "Smile, you're on Candid Camera" (that's pretty much a given anywhere in central DC) but there will probably be active surveillance in an aggressive way even further out than previously.

[Sunlei]

37. That fence is to easy to scale! Fix it with a curved top & it will still look nice.

Those dogs run & bite fast,hard without any hold training, hope handlers never make an error.

[flamingdem]

40. Ah, they'll probably just throw the dog a bone

for their heroic work. They deserve a raise!

Good doggies

[malthaussen]

42. Well, I used to be a security guard myself...

... I always thought dogs would have done the job better.

-- Mal

[mwdem]

44. At least the dogs are stepping up to the plate!

More than you can say about the human faction of the Secret Service...

[bullwinkle428]

45. Really brilliant timing on the part of this douchebag, on the heels of the

attack at the Canadian Parliament. He's incredibly lucky he wasn't turned into a block of Swiss cheese.

[Blue_Adept]

46. Supposedly the man has mental problems

According to a bit mentioned on GMA this morning, his family indicated he has mental issues that he's coping with.

[Rowdyboy]

48. Glad the dogs weren't hurt too badly

[adigal]

55. Dogs.....I like them better than people

That's all.