Overview
- Officers responding to a 911 welfare check fired at a 2‑year‑old dog named Jameson after the dog exited a Canoga Park apartment and, the department says, charged at an officer during a June 13 response.
- Cellphone video of the dog’s owner grieving circulated widely and fueled protests, a candlelight vigil and demands from activists and city leaders for transparency and accountability.
- Mayor Karen Bass and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell ordered a thorough, multi‑layered review and the LAPD’s Internal Affairs and Force Investigation Division are conducting separate probes into the shooting.
- A GoFundMe for the family has drawn large verified donations that have grown into the high hundreds of thousands of dollars as relatives and attorneys press for release of dispatch recordings and surveillance video.
- Investigators will evaluate the shooting against the LAPD’s 2023 Use of Force Directive for dog encounters, which lists nonlethal options such as voice commands and sprays and allows deadly force only when an officer reasonably faces risk of death or serious injury.