In an earlier incident, a F & W officer shot and "wounded" a black bear in an Issaquah neighborhood. Nothing like a bleeding bruin pissed off around your kids playground. So, maybe the F & W decided to bring expert marksmen(cops). The tazers? Stupid.

Speaking of expert marksmen.........many years ago I was driving home from Lake Chelan with a friend and we saw a huge rattlesnake crossing the highway. We stopped to check it out. A Washington State Patrolman stopped and asked if we wanted to see him shoot it. Sure. From 10 feet....missed. Second shot.....dead snake.