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Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo filed a lawsuit Monday that accuses the Prince George’s County police and sheriff’s office SWAT teams of entering innocent people’s houses without a proper warrant and “randomly and routinely” killing family pets.

Calvo, whose two black Labrador retrievers were killed in a SWAT team raid on his home, is asking a judge to order the county to change its policies because the county’s leaders have shown “they lack the will and credibility to do so,” Calvo said. “I’m tired of being embarrassed by Prince George’s County government. Our communities are tired of being embarrassed by this county’s failed leadership.”

Calvo’s house was raided last July after county police incorrectly identified his wife as part of a drug ring.

Sheriff Michael Jackson has defended his department’s actions, and last week said that an internal investigation had shown that his deputies had acted in a “professional and acceptable manner” by shooting the dogs because they had posed a threat.

Deputies opened fire on Calvo’s 7-year-old dog Payton immediately after entering the house, Calvo’s lawsuit said, and then they shot Calvo’s other dog, 4-year-old Chase, in back as he was running away, the Washington Examiner reported.

Spokesmen for the sheriff’s department and the police departments declined to discuss the lawsuit, which seeks uspecified damages.