Yea, in the same town when i was a little kid there was a no doubt rabid raccoon that I got to see a police officer (not animal control) blow away in my grandmother's back yard with a .38 ( i know it was a .38 because i was maybe 11 at the time and I asked.
I was pretty disgusted when my father told me that though, I understand being frustrated about the town maybe not appropriating funds towards animal control or whatever, but that seemed like a pretty apparent serious threat. (keep in mind it was a hot sunny july afternoon and it was literally staggering, undoubtedly rabid.) This was not a town or city where the cops are always rushing around either, it's a fairly rural town on the small size. I guess maybe my father should have told them the coon was carrying black AK clips.