Cruella shattered the peace of her neighborhood every chance she got with her lunatic loud barking. In particular, she became increasingly hostile and loud in the presence of police officers, who were constantly called to the house in response to complaints.
Cruella's owners have a dog license, so she's legal. When the runners alerted that the police were in the area, Cruella was always on a leash. Although she seemed to relish growling and flashing her teeth at the police, she didn't attack or bite an officer.
By way of background and family lineage, Cruella was a part of a litter spawned from two fighting dogs. They were abused pups, starved and beaten, and they learned to channel their rage into the fight pit.
Cruella amassed a good win record, but then she managed to survive a crushing defeat. So she was relegated to guarding crack houses and breeding. Her first litter only yielded four pups, and three of them were immediately dished off to other drug houses. One pup, Madness, stayed with her. True to his name and his mother's charm, Madness excelled in fighting and shared his mother's disdain for law enforcement officers.
As if on a mission to spawn more cop-hating mutant mutts, Cruella had that second litter. Eight were born, four died shortly after birth, and three were killed for showing unsatisfactory fighting potential. That left one raging pup, Lucifer. Given Madness' impressive winning record and tenacious fighting skills, he was selected to be Lucifer's mentor.