Police officer kills two police dogs.

[bjj hero]

Strangely while this weeks escapist issue is on pets I found This news story [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8160753.stm]

He left two police dogs in his car on a hot day and both died. He is currently suspended and is being charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animals. He faces up to 6 months in prison and £20,000 fine ($32,992 US dollars according to Googles exchange rate).

This is a real shame but does he deserve to lose his job? Should he go to prison? (It cant be fun being a cop in prison). How about if he was just demoted?

Personally I'd fire him and ban him from keeping animals.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Radeonx]

If you are stupid enough to leave two living beings in a car on a hot day, when you know what will happen, I'm scared what you will do with a gun. He deserves to be fired.

 

[Nimbus]

Prison is a bit much, but that is gross negligence.

 

[bjj hero]

If you are stupid enough to leave two living beings in a car on a hot day, when you know what will happen, I'm scared what you will do with a gun. He deserves to be fired.

UK police officers dont carry guns.

 

[WrongSprite]

He's getting prison and a fine? That happened in the UK to one police dog, and the officer got let off.

 

[Radeonx]

If you are stupid enough to leave two living beings in a car on a hot day, when you know what will happen, I'm scared what you will do with a gun. He deserves to be fired.

UK police officers dont carry guns.

Even so, he still deserves it.

 

[Nitpicker of the Wastes]

I swear that after the big Baby-in-a-Car fiasco, a few years back, people would have learned something.

 

[bjj hero]

He's getting prison and a fine? That happened in the UK to one police dog, and the officer got let off.

Hes not been through court yet. That is the maximum penalty.

 

[Sewer Rat]

He deserves to be fired... Out of a cannon...

 

[Olfinbedwere]

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[[Cold-Shoulder]]

How long did he left the dogs in the car

 

[stabnex]

awww... poor dogs.

I think he deserves only what's coming to him. Anything more would just sound like bitter spite coming from a person who's lost too many pets.

 

[El Poncho]

Maybe just suspended or/and charged.

 

[[Cold-Shoulder]]

Don't fire him or put him in jail, just put him in a car on a hot day until he dies.

I agree and welcome to the escapist

 

[GodsOneMistake]

Fire him, prison might be a bit much. But he should be punished for a severe lack of common sense

 

[ElephantGuts]

Yes he deserves to lose his job. The complete incompetence, carelessness, and stupidity he showed is not something I want to see in a police officer.

Prison is good too. Just a bit, to make him think more about his actions in the future. That is, assuming it was indeed just a careless mistake...

 

[Amnestic]

A lot of internet tough guys here.

The guy made a mistake, no doubt about that. Toss him a fine, maybe a good deal of community service and a demotion, but prison and losing his job (which will effectively keep him out of the Police Force for the rest of his life if what my friend, also a Police Officer, said is true)? That's really harsh.

They're dogs guys. They're not human.

Agreed, despite the no firearm thing in England. Every summer they do PSAs about "dont leave your so and so unattended in a hot car", a police officer should be very well aware of these things. Its common sense.

"To err is human, to forgive divine."
"Let he who is without Sin cast the first stone."
"Some other line about forgiveness."

When you guys come to me and tell me you've never forgotten anything important, I'll consider thinking otherwise but what I see right now are a bunch of flared tempers over someone making a mistake which cost precisely zero humans their lives or wellbeing. Destroying possibly his entire livelihood is extreme to say the least.

And I'd bet £10 of the Queen's finest pound sterling these are the same guys telling us we're too nanny state and too harsh on people as well. Hypocrisy abound.

 

[Insanum]

Strangely while this weeks escapist issue is on pets I found This news story [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8160753.stm]

He left two police dogs in his car on a hot day and both died. He is currently suspended and is being charged with causing unnecessary suffering to the animals. He faces up to 6 months in prison and £20,000 fine ($32,992 US dollars according to Googles exchange rate).

This is a real shame but does he deserve to lose his job? Should he go to prison? (It cant be fun being a cop in prison). How about if he was just demoted?

Personally I'd fire him and ban him from keeping animals.

What are your thoughts?

Ive seen those police estate dog vehicles - Question is why isnt it air conditioned?

 

[bodyklok]

While I do think that leaving to very expensive dogs in a car on a hot summers day is foolish, I'd like to know why exactly he left them in there. Was he just taking a stroll, or did he get called away on something important. Either way he should of been more considerate, but I'd still like to know.