A 5-year-old K-9 unit police dog named Bandit was left in a police sport utility vehicle and died after 13 hours.The police car belong to Sgt. Tom Lovejoy and it was parked outside his house when this happened. Bandit lived with Lovejoy and was trained to protect officers and to sniff out explosives. The temperature was 109 degrees that day, and about 140 degrees inside the vehicle, and the dog obviously died of the extreme heat. Dogs can’t sweat, they only cool by panting. Lovejoy is very upset about the whole situation, but he can still face department punishment.
In March, a Phoenix police dog was left in a department vehicle and died. Police have finished an investigation but would not comment because the case remains under final review.
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4 comments:
If I had killed this dog, I would have been charged with killing an officer. This guy will get off with a reprimand.
Horrific, this was the officers partner
i cant see how he for got his partner. Rule one u never leave your partner.
mans best friend,,was given to us by the lord,,to keep us from being lonely,, not to make him suffer,or to put him in harms way, over any kinda training, as anyone knows that dog would take a bullet for his master, and that isn't right..let alone letting him fry in a car..im sorry im not into drugs, but i just don't believe training a dog to do your dangerous work for you..a dog wasn't ment to do are jobs for us,,but to keep us company..and to warn us of harm,,may god bless that poor dog,,t.s.
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