Officer "KILLS" police dog :(
A police officer in AZ was arrested for killing his police dog after leaving his dog in his hot car for over 12 hours!!! >:(
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/199972
Sheriff Joe Arpaio said:"I am certain Sgt. Lovejoy has suffered greatly from leaving his police dog in a sweltering car" Huh???? How did HE suffer? If he truly loved the dog.....it would not have been left in his car for 12 hours! :'(
It does not say what the temperature was that day....but I'm sure being AZ it was pretty brutal.
"The sheriff's investigation showed Bandit was in Lovejoy's patrol car from about 9 a.m. to a little after 10 p.m. on Aug. 11. During that time, the investigation found that Lovejoy ran errands for his wife, napped for a short time and later ate out with his wife. Lovejoy later found the dead dog in the car."
So....let me guess....he just "forgot" about the dog being in the car, right?...Glad he got his nap time in that day..... what a dickhead!
That line about how Lovejoy "suffered" WHATEVER! He napped and went to eat dinner out. GRRR.
What a moron....AZ's finest right there. >:( I hope he is permanently suspensed.
This is so sad. And, with the Cincinnati mother who's just killed her daughter by leaving her in the car all day, a pretty broad statement's being made about responsibility...this may seem offensive to some, but I think more than dogs and cats should be spayed and neutered - including moron Lovejoy.
According to the article he was booked "on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty". Why is this a misdemeanor? Did the dog suffer any less than a human would have under the same conditions? I'd like to lock him in a car for 12 hours!! >:(
No shit! Stories like this make me so sick. >:(
"I do not relish the idea of compounding his sadness. However, Lovejoy must be treated like anyone else in similar circumstances."
Really? ???
Legal Status
http://www.careerpoliceofficer.com/PoliceLinks/police_k9_training.html
"In recognition of the valuable role these animals
play in police duties and the dangers they face,
there have been a number of measures to ensure
their protection. These include outfitting dogs with
bulletproof vests to protect them from guns and
some areas have passed laws that make attacking
a police dog a felony (in New Jersey, after a police
dog was killed in the line of duty, the NJ General
Assembly attempted to pass legislation that would
treat the murder of an on-duty police dog as the
same as the murder of an on-duty police officer,
allowing the state attorney general or county district
attorneys to pursue the death penalty). In some
jurisdictions police dogs are considered to be police
officers in law so that any penalty that can be
applied to the assault of a human police officer can
also apply to an assault on a police dog."
I am not saying that the death penalty would be justified here, but I wounder just how closely he is being treated like anyone else. Ya know what I mean?
I think more than dogs and cats should be spayed and neutered - including moron Lovejoy.
Agreed >:(
Poor Bandit :'(
I hope this idiot never gets another dog, he should be banned form having any companion animals. And he should be punished.
>:( How can ANYONE be so stupid?! There is no other word for it. Who leaves their dog, alone, inside of a car in Arizona, which is desert country?
He should never own another animal again, most especially he shouldn't work with any police dogs. You'd think a police officer who works with dogs would know better than to do something like this.
To me, it almost seems like he HAD to have known the dog would die in that car. I mean, come on. If you're a police officer, and you're working with a dog ... surely, you have some basic sense of caring for animals. I can't imagine the rule "don't leave your dog in the car on a hot day" was unknown to him.
>:( How can ANYONE be so stupid?! There is no other word for it. Who leaves their dog, alone, inside of a car in Arizona, which is desert country?
He should never own another animal again, most especially he shouldn't work with any police dogs. You'd think a police officer who works with dogs would know better than to do something like this.
To me, it almost seems like he HAD to have known the dog would die in that car. I mean, come on. If you're a police officer, and you're working with a dog ... surely, you have some basic sense of caring for animals. I can't imagine the rule "don't leave your dog in the car on a hot day" was unknown to him.
Yes, exactly! I couldn't have said it better! If he was dumb enough to not know (even if he was never explicitly told; which I couldn't believe for a millisecond) not to leave his police dog in a hot car... He is too dumb to have a job. There is NO excuse.
Since Bandit was a police dog, can this cop not be charged with killing an officer?
The more I think about this, the more I think it HAD to be deliberate on the officer's part. I mean, he left the dog alone in the car for TWELVE hours. Even if he got no lesson on not doing that (which I doubt), surely he got lessons on taking the dog out to pee/poop and feeding him. Surely, he didn't just "forget" that his dog also has biological needs.
I am sure that any officer who works with a police dog as a partner is WELL schooled on caring for dogs. After all, a lot of money goes into the training of those dogs.
I think he should be charged with first degree murder.
:'( :'( :'( :'(
I think he should be charged with first degree murder.
I totally agree with you. A police dog is a four legged officer of the law. They are even given badges to show they are. If I killed a cop, you can be sure that I'd be charged with first degree murder BUT killing an officer will most likely get the death penalty in most states.
"I do not relish the idea of compounding his sadness. However, Lovejoy must be treated like anyone else in similar circumstances."
Really? ???
Legal Status
http://www.careerpoliceofficer.com/PoliceLinks/police_k9_training.html
"In recognition of the valuable role these animals
play in police duties and the dangers they face,
there have been a number of measures to ensure
their protection. These include outfitting dogs with
bulletproof vests to protect them from guns and
some areas have passed laws that make attacking
a police dog a felony (in New Jersey, after a police
dog was killed in the line of duty, the NJ General
Assembly attempted to pass legislation that would
treat the murder of an on-duty police dog as the
same as the murder of an on-duty police officer,
allowing the state attorney general or county district
attorneys to pursue the death penalty). In some
jurisdictions police dogs are considered to be police
officers in law so that any penalty that can be
applied to the assault of a human police officer can
also apply to an assault on a police dog."
I am not saying that the death penalty would be justified here, but I wounder just how closely he is being treated like anyone else. Ya know what I mean?
I mean, really, when a "bad guy" harms a police dog, he's charged accordingly... why the lack of real charges here?!
It's totally sickening.
ummm...I'm not sure where you guys are getting your info, but Hero was a LOCAL dog....
This dog died in my area...the officer did not leave him int he car...the dog an officer pulled over a car that was loaded with drugs the evildoers fled the scene and the dog chased them...he was HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
the officer was torn up over the incident. He was sobbing on the news.
This makes me sick.
hummm...maybe these are two different dogs that happened to die around the same time and area? Because this one says chandler...??? now I'm confused.
I HOPE we are not int business of having all our civil servant police dogs dieing in Arizona!
sorry...i feel sheepish now!
Horrific. :'( He knew better and should be punished according to the law. I don't give a d@mn if he was a police officer! >:(
I think he should be charged with first degree murder.
I totally agree with you. A police dog is a four legged officer of the law.
I completely agree. He should be charged with the negligent killing of a police officer! K-9 police officers are normally specially screened, selected, and trained to make sure they will be committed to the best care and continued training of their canine partner since these dogs are such an expensive investment for the departments. He should be charged the same as anyone else who killed an officer of the law especially since most dept's recognize their canine dogs as equal of protection.
I know here in Overland Park, Kansas the K-9 cars are equipped with sensors inside the vehicles. When the temperature inside the car/unit gets to a certain high the horn starts honking, drawing attention. The fire department had the same sensors placed in their car that transports their arson dog to fire scenes and to the fire battalion chief's 's home where she stays and lives. These guys have to treat their dogs like members of their family and dedicate a majority of their time and life to continual training and maintenance of their dogs and they really bond with them. Which makes this officer who so negligently (or intentionally) killed his dog so much more worse! He knew so much better! >:(
This makes me sick to my stomach >:( :'(