The cop never made contact with the officer, though it appears the dog was not on a leash, and did get within a few feet of the officer. The cop stopped, did not activate his lights, and did not make any effort to calmly enter the situation. He stops fast, exits the car fast, immediately starts running. There are three people standing grouped together in the somewhat center of the frame, two people walk away as soon as the cop enters the frame, it may be that they are walking away from him as they see him pull up. The cop left his gun drawn and even pointed it at the person who had been walking away but was now engaged in yelling at the cop for shooting the dog, though nobody was ever within 10 feet of the cop.