Police Dogs Die Due to Neglect and Human Error

A Belgian Malinois` It’s just like people to get busy and forget - think about how many times you’ve been on your way to do something and then gotten sidetracked by something else. Eventually you remember what you were on your way to do, but what happens when that ’something’ leads to the death of a dog

In the story that follows, you will see that a second police dog died this week after being left unattended in a police patrol car, this comes on the heels of a police dog death where the officer left his dog in the patrol car for over 12 hours.

It is a sad state of affairs when we allow those police dogs; that serve us, that have no voice of their own or way to protect themselves from this type of cruelty and behavior on the part of humans, to die at the hands of those they work with and serve with.

Ga. police dog also dies after being left in patrol car
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ACWORTH, Ga. - Authorities are investigating the death of a K-9 unit police dog who apparently died of heat stroke after being left inside a patrol car.

The dog died Monday after its handler got distracted while switching electronic equipment from one patrol car to another, Acworth Police spokesman Capt. Wayne Dennard said.

The officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, was called inside the police station and returned to the patrol car later to find the dog dead. Dennard said he did not know how long the dog was in the car.

Police did not release the name of the officer, a lieutenant who had worked with one other dog in his 10 years as a dog handler.

The police dog was a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois named Marco. The dog was trained to detect narcotics and track missing people.

The officer has been placed on paid leave while police investigate the death.

“He is grieving,” Dennard said.

The officer had not been charged and the investigation will determine what happened, Dennard said.

Earlier this week,

Chandler, Ariz., police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty in the August death of a police dog who was left in his patrol car for more than 12 hours. An investigation found that the dog - a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Bandit - was in Lovejoy’s patrol car from about 9 a.m. to shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 11. During that time, the investigation found, the officer ran errands, napped and ate out with his wife.

Story courtesy of Associated Press and AZ Central

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