Police officer left K9 in hot car
LINK This makes me furious, heartbreaking story. NC just passed a law this year making it possible for officers to break your cars window for pets left in hot cars. Perhaps SC should do the same. Fro...
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Code2High wrote:
Actually the state AG could probably still weigh in though I don't know what the odds are.
I will say that as suspensions go, that is a very long one. Not saying it is sufficient, but it in personnel terms it is not a slap on the wrist. It is the equivalent of a fine anywhere from six to fifteen thousand dollars. For a lot of people these days it could mean losing a house. Further, it is likely to severely damage his chances for advancement in the future.
Not to mention the death threats he is no doubt getting.
I understand what you are saying - but I agree with others: If *I* killed a bomb-sniffing dog, one of the charges that I would surely be hit with is "killing a police officer". Which is way worse than killing an ordinary person....there's lots of prison time tacked on for doing that.
But now that a police officer has killed another "police officer" through negligence; that "police officer" is now just a dog. Or as Mark puts it (depending on definitions to that jurisdiction) - personal property.
