Almost all departments when serving a warrant use swat. you dont know what kind of dog it was or how big. on top of that what was the stance it was taking was it aggressive? ontop of that how the fuck would you know what the person has in the house and if a weapon was involve. i think a swat team on a search warrant is good cause if the suspect is packing its usually not something small.
i am sorry the dog did get shot but in terms of officer vs dog i say dog goes down everytime. there have been times when a simple low risk warrant turns into a gunfight. so what do you do when drugs are involve. think before you speak. yes the dog shouldnt have been shot but if it lunged at an officer he did the right thing. and after it was shot it was clearly hurting so they put it down to stop the pain. that is the right thing to do.