Section 5

Any police officer may secure and impound any dog reasonably suspected to be mad or dangerous found at large in or near any public road, street or thoroughfare under circumstances of danger to the public; and if there is reasonable ground to believe that any such mad or dangerous dog cannot be secured or impounded without risk of injury to the person of any police officer attempting to secure the same, it shall be lawful for such police officer to shoot or otherwise destroy such dog.

When any dog reasonably suspected to be mad or dangerous has been impounded the officer in charge of police district may order it to be destroyed forthwith.

Ferocious dogs.