Chief: Police dog was left in car 6 hours, died from heat

[Ranched]

Do people actually expect this guy to be fired or jailed? Every other month you see a story where someone was shot by the police in a raid that took place at the wrong house.

Different topic/situation. This is about animal abuse.

 

[Runwildboys]

He knows that. His point was that cops aren't held accountable as civilians.

 

[John813]

Poor dog.

No surprise the cop gets off easy.

 

[Keithfansince5]

How has he not been fired?

https://apnews.com/3c0d877659c04e3b...e-dog-was-left-in-car-6-hours,-died-from-heat

Chief: Police dog was left in car 6 hours, died from heat

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A police dog handler has been suspended without pay for five days but won’t face criminal charges after his dog was left in a police vehicle for more than six hours and died from the South Carolina heat, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said.

Master Police Officer David Hurt had the air conditioning on, but for some unexplained reason turned off a heat alarm and left his windows open July 26. Hurt failed to even come to his vehicle to let the Labrador retriever mix named “Turbo” use the bathroom — behavior that shocked seasoned dog handlers, Holbrook said.

“He didn’t give any logical reason,” Holbrook said at a news conference.

The chief also presented the findings of the internal investigation to prosecutors, who decided that Hurt used terrible judgment but wasn’t criminally negligent and no charges should be filed.

“It was a mistake of the heart he will have to deal with the rest of his life,” said Holbrook, who added he didn’t fire Hurt because he immediately took responsibility for his grave error.

Hurt also will be suspended from the bomb squad and can never handle a police dog again.

Turbo was the first dog given to Hurt, who was selected to be a handler and went through hundreds of hours of training. The 22-month-old explosive-sniffing dog had been with Hurt for seven months.

The answer to your question is because our country has been seized and is no longer a Republic. People who are authorities do not get treated equally as do the cattle err I mean the masses. You see if anyone of us caused a police dog to die, we would get the book thrown at us. When the cops do it, suddenly human emotion and compassion comes forward and no punishment beyond financial.

Same reason our politicians don't go to jail, or those who own large businesses. If they do it is for lessor amounts than any of us would have been sentenced for. Ask Dennis Hastert. Or Jeffrey Epstein.

It is sad that we the people are no longer in charge.

 

[paladin]

It is sad that we the people are no longer in charge.

Justice is an expensive proposition
/s
I wondered just yesterday how different the world would be if one merely had their lawyer randomly appointed out of a accredited pool.

 

[lukin2006]

It's a sad situation ... but we need to hold the police accountable as well ...

 

[kskboys]

The answer to your question is because our country has been seized and is no longer a Republic. People who are authorities do not get treated equally as do the cattle err I mean the masses. You see if anyone of us caused a police dog to die, we would get the book thrown at us. When the cops do it, suddenly human emotion and compassion comes forward and no punishment beyond financial.

Same reason our politicians don't go to jail, or those who own large businesses. If they do it is for lessor amounts than any of us would have been sentenced for. Ask Dennis Hastert. Or Jeffrey Epstein.

It is sad that we the people are no longer in charge.

We never were. The illusion was just better previously and the media wasn't as open.

 

[big dog cowboy]

How has he not been fired?

https://apnews.com/3c0d877659c04e3b...e-dog-was-left-in-car-6-hours,-died-from-heat

Chief: Police dog was left in car 6 hours, died from heat

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A police dog handler has been suspended without pay for five days but won’t face criminal charges after his dog was left in a police vehicle for more than six hours and died from the South Carolina heat, Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said.

Master Police Officer David Hurt had the air conditioning on, but for some unexplained reason turned off a heat alarm and left his windows open July 26. Hurt failed to even come to his vehicle to let the Labrador retriever mix named “Turbo” use the bathroom — behavior that shocked seasoned dog handlers, Holbrook said.

“He didn’t give any logical reason,” Holbrook said at a news conference.

The chief also presented the findings of the internal investigation to prosecutors, who decided that Hurt used terrible judgment but wasn’t criminally negligent and no charges should be filed.

“It was a mistake of the heart he will have to deal with the rest of his life,” said Holbrook, who added he didn’t fire Hurt because he immediately took responsibility for his grave error.

Hurt also will be suspended from the bomb squad and can never handle a police dog again.

Turbo was the first dog given to Hurt, who was selected to be a handler and went through hundreds of hours of training. The 22-month-old explosive-sniffing dog had been with Hurt for seven months.

What an awful story.