Police Dogs

[christina]

Sorry people but I've got to sound off, I realise this is probably the wrong place to do it:

I was under the impression that police dog handlers treated their dogs as one of the family and knew everything there is to know about dog handling...how come then that one stupid copper left his dogs in a car to die? What sort of morons are being employed by this government/police force?

The dog handler is going to lay flowers in memory of the dogs - big deal, will that bring back those dogs, will it help the suffering that those dogs suffered? Grrrrr....I am absolutely furious! In fact, I am sooo very angry that I really feel I could punch a policeman, just because.....

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest!

[Lance Morgan]

I would'nt punch a policeman if I were you
We don't know the full story of what happened it could have been a failure in the vehicles internal cooling system or something. I and i agree with you that if he simply forgot the dogs then he has no place being a policeman.

[charlieb]

Have you got a link to the story?

[pressld2]

I agree with Lance - we need to know the full story of exactly what happened. But if it does turn out to have been just carelessness then the handler should be prosecuted the same as any member of the public would be.

Dave P.

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by charlieb

Have you got a link to the story?

Hare's a link;

The Press Association: Donated police dogs die in hot car

Having been a police officer, none of the dog handlers I know could have done this, the dogs would have been brought into the station rather than leaving them in the car. All of the dog handlers I knew would have put their dogs comfort well ahead of their own.

[christina]

Earthdragon, times have changed, nowadays people think about themselves first and that includes policemen....we, the general public, are constantly being told do not leave your animals or children in your car on a hot day...he left the dogs in the car, whether he forgot them or not, he left them and should be sacked, fined and imprisoned and banned from ever keeping animals again...sorry to be harsh, no Im not sorry....he did wrong and should be punished for it just as we, the general public, would be!

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by christina

Earthdragon, times have changed, nowadays people think about themselves first and that includes policemen....we, the general public, are constantly being told do not leave your animals or children in your car on a hot day...he left the dogs in the car, whether he forgot them or not, he left them and should be sacked, fined and imprisoned and banned from ever keeping animals again...sorry to be harsh, no Im not sorry....he did wrong and should be punished for it just as we, the general public, would be!

Once the investigation is complete, if he has been found to have deliberately or carelessly left the dogs in the car, then in my opinion, he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. In cases like this, Police Officers should be held to higher standards than ordinary members of the public, they should know better.

However, as with ordinary members of the public, he is entitled to a fair investigation and is innocent until proven guilty. We don't know enough about the full circumstances at the moment, the dogs may have been left in the car with air-conditioning on which subsequently failed.

[onemind]

you will note the handler not suspended and you should also note that if you did it you would be arrested and charged and as for aircon what air con the vent fitted to police vans is run by twelve volt fan if not turned on it wont work plain stupid crulty and he should be removed and prosecuted but sadly he wont be

[BloomingMarvellous]

Surely if it was down to equipment failure then no blame can be pointed at the Police Officer in question.

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by onemind

you will note the handler not suspended and you should also note that if you did it you would be arrested and charged and as for aircon what air con the vent fitted to police vans is run by twelve volt fan if not turned on it wont work plain stupid crulty and he should be removed and prosecuted but sadly he wont be

Have a look at the link in my first post on this thread, nowhere is a police van mentioned, the dogs were in a private car, some cars do have air-conditioning. Also, if you did it you certainly wouldn't be charged until after an investigation.

If this police officer is found to be at fault, then I hope that he certainly is charged and thrown off the force.