The Animal Control Officer, his or her designated representatives or any law enforcement officer of the town shall be required to kill any dog running loose within the corporate limits of the town which is determined by the Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer to be vicious or crazed and a threat to the public health and safety and which dog is found running at large without being restrained in a pen or on a leash (as provided by this chapter) without keeping the dog in the Municipal Pound for a period of three days. The Animal Control Officer shall use safe and reasonable force in the performance of his or her duties.
(`85 Code, § 3-11)