"To Serve And Protect (Unless We Don't Feel Like It)"

Shocking footage shows a pit bull trying to rip off the bumper of Jessica Dilallo's car as it tried to get to two cats hiding underneath the vehicle in Georgia, in the US.

Ms Dilallo is heard pleading with responding officer Dalton Police Lieutenant Matthew Locke to stop the animal by shooting or throwing a rock at it.

'The bumper was not off ten minutes ago. You can't throw a rock at him? You can't do anything?' she asks.

She later says: 'If I go out and get a gun could I have shot him legally? Why not? He's destroying my property.'

But the officer refuses, telling her the dog was not being aggressive towards people.

It's being aggressive towards someone's pet, while destroying someone's property. But hey, why should you worry, eh? It's not like you're paid to defe...

Oh. Right.

Police said they waited 15 to 30 minutes for another officer to safely capture the dog using a catch pole.

Standing around, drinking coffee?

In a statement, police said: 'We were dispatched to a call of an aggressive dog attacking a woman's car. When Lt. Locke arrived, the dog walked right up to his window and was not aggressive towards people. The dog resumed attacking the car's bumper.

'Lt. Locke decided not to try to pull the dog off himself because he didn't want to be in a position where the dog attacked him and he was forced to shoot the dog.'

It's not something you usually have a problem with, is it?