WYCKOFF -- Dispatchers told the Wyckoff police officer who shot a dog April 29 that the burglary he was investigating had taken place "quite a while in the past."

Bergen County on Monday released recordings of dispatches made before and after Officer Kyle Ferreira shot Otto, a German shepherd belonging to the Vukobratovic family.

Dispatchers told Ferreira the burglary took place at 621 Lawlins Road. An officer can be heard at about 0:20 responding quietly, "Received, 622 Lawlins Road."

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The dispatcher is then asked how long ago the burglary took place.

"According to the desk, quite a while in the past. Like, days."

Another officer tells dispatch he's also going to Lawlins Road. At about 1:02 in the recording, Ferreira tells dispatch he's at Lawlins Road. The shooting follows.

"I have shots fired. I had a dog come after me."

At about 3:39 in the recording, a Wyckoff police officer reports in from the correct house, 621 Lawlins Road, confirming that a window screen at the house had pry marks on it and an outside light bulb had been smashed.

Chief Benjamin Fox did not immediately return a request for comment. He previously said Ferreira, who drew his weapon when he saw an open window in the back of the Vukobratovic home, had a right to defend himself against a possible burglar.

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Fox said Ferreira knocked at the Vukobratovic's door before entering the backyard. When he saw the window, which the family left open to allow Otto into and out of the house, Ferreira thought a possible burglar might still be at the house.

"He has every right to be prepared to defend himself," Fox said. "Is a burglary suspect going to come out of that window?"

Instead, Otto came out of the window, biting Ferreira's boot, Fox said. Ferreira fired four times, striking the dog twice.

The Wyckoff Police Department on Monday denied a records request for incident report on the shooting and the burglary citing an ongoing investigation into the shooting. The department also denied a request for any witness statements, saying they were part of an internal affairs investigation.

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