Stupid People Do This. Here is a tale of a dangerously stupid cop. | edit: The dog has died.

[Stinky The Clown]

Last edited Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:54 PM - Edit history (1)

edit: See the reply, below, telling us that the dog has been euthanized.
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I was going to post this in the Pets forum but felt it deserved wider visibility. If its presence here offends, PM me and I will consider self deleting.

This is not an indictment of cops. It is evidence that stupidity knows no bounds. This is an example of someone who is *trained*to*work*with*dogs* who acted stupid.

This happened in Tucson, where, one would think, the populace and the public safety folks know what do do when its HOT.

Arizona DPS officer leaves K-9 in hot patrol car for one hour

Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives are investigating one of their own after an officer left his K-9 partner in a hot patrol car for one hour.

According to DPS spokesperson Officer Carrick Cook, the Belgian Malinois was found in the vehicle with a high temperature and a faint pulse.

Sources close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told ABC15 the dog had a temperature that exceeded 105 degrees.

Cook said the officer under investigation has been with the Department of Public Safety for six years.
✂SNIP✂

Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_central_southern_az/tucson/Arizona-DPS-officer-leaves-K-9-in-hot-patrol-car-for-one-hour#ixzz20RbShSFM

Here's the pooch- a 6-year-old male Belgian Malinois named Jeg. He is in stable condition after Tucson FD officers rescued him and rushed him to a veterinary ER. When he was rescued, he was near death in critical condition.

Yeah, he's a trained working dog. But if is like 99% of all other dogs in a close Canine/Human relationship, all he knows is unconditional love.

Stay cool, Jeg.

[Zalatix]

1. Arizona? They're lucky he didn't lock a suspect in the car in that heat.

Of course this is horrifying enough.

[Lionessa]

2. They must mean daytime temp was 105 because, dogs are surviving that in just the normal air

since roughly May 1 around Phoenix. I would imagine even hotter in Tucson? So the car would be much hotter inside, even with the windows open. But 105 alone isn't going to kill a dog. I just took my baby up to my daughter's because the guy who lets me park in his yard wouldn't allow the dog in the house and 110-120 seems pretty unfair. So she'll spend the summer in an air conditioned environment. However, it had been up to 110 and over 105 for many days before I could take her, and she didn't love it, but with plenty of available water, some ice cubes, and shade (again though it was 110 in the shade on some days), she did alright.

[Son of Gob]

3. The Dog had a temp of 105. Not the air, the Dog.

[Lionessa]

4. Oh, my, I totally misread that passage.

[sgsmith]

5. One of use is confused.

Because I read the article with the understanding that the dog's body temperature was over 105, where normal is 100 to 102, and 105 is a sign of potential danger to the dog.

[Lionessa]

6. Yep, apparently I misread entirely that passage. I see it now.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. That's what I understood, too. Dog's body temp was 105.

[Ptah]

8. Breaking News: DPS dog "Jeg" euthanized

http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/162287806.html

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The K-9 with the Department of Public Safety was
euthanized Thursday afternoon after veterinarians said his condition continued
to deteriorate, according to Officer Carrick Cook with DPS.

In a press release issued late Thursday afternoon, DPS stated that the decision
to euthanize Jeg was made by Canine District commander Capt. Jenna Mitchell.

DPS Officer Korey Lankow is responsible for leaving the K-9 in his patrol car
for an hour while he responded to an emergency call.

Lankow was present, along with friends and family, when Jeg was euthanized.


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[jtuck004]

9. Isn't it a felony to torture and kill an officer? n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

11. That is *awful*

I don't know how I feel about the human cop. Stupidity isn't necessarily intent - although, legally, it may be. I'm betting he feels bad about the dog, but more, scared for himself and what he might face.

Awful all around.

Enjoy the meadow by The Bridge, Jeg.

[Robb]

13. What was the nature of the emergency call?

[Ptah]

14. It looks to have been a rollover on the interstate

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/tucson-dps-k--jeg-put-down/article_783d480f-5127-566f-a159-ef70bcb516be.html

About 3/4 of the way down the page:

The police dog was left unattended after his partner was switching from one patrol car
to another at DPS headquarters, 6401 S. Tucson Blvd. The officer was immediately sent
to a rollover crash on Interstate 19, but realized on the way that he had left Jeg in the first vehicle, Cook said.

[meti57b]

17. They should at least fire that guy.....

...and figure out something to prosecute him for. ... dereliction of duty? ... stupidity? ... carelessness? If they can't fire him, then give him a desk job for the duration of his employment.

[mopinko]

10. ffs

[Joe Shlabotnik]

12. How horrible.

I've always objected to the use of dogs and horses with law enforcement and the military (Search and rescue excluded). Now, some dipshit's reckless stupidity just added another reason to be against it. Poor Jeg.

[TorchTheWitch]

15. I will NEVER understand this - NEVER EVER EVER

Every damn year there are stories of people leaving dogs and even babies and young kids in cars in the heat, and I simply cannot wrap my mind around how anyone can possibly forget their dog - and for heaven's sake - their CHILD is in the car. Just how in the world can anyone forget such a thing???

Part of my mind is ALWAYS clued into my dog and his needs whether I'm out without him or not or home with him - even when I'm asleep. The most difficult thing to get accustomed to after a beloved dog passes away I've found is trying to turn off that part of my mind that is always attached to him and his needs because it's there whether I want it to be or not. I don't have kids, but I can't understand how anyone doesn't have that part of their mind clued into their pets but ESPECIALLY their kids. I simply cannot fathom forgetting your KID is in the car. I can't understand forgetting your dog is in the car, but for pete's sake, your KID???

I'm sure the officer is devistated, but for crying out loud he's a K-9 officer who forgot his PARTNER??? How the hell does that possibly happen when it's your damn JOB to be with your canine PARTNER??? Bad enough that anyone forget their pet dog in the car, but to forget your K-9 dog partner when it's your JOB to work with the dog really just blows my mind.

Thanks for the update, btw... I'm so sad that poor Jeg didn't make it after all.

[lapislzi]

18. This is not intended as an apology for the officer. But.

These horrible incidents do happen with alarming frequency. And, it does not always indicate criminal negligence or abuse or any kind of ill will on the part of the person committing the act.

People screw up unintentionally. Especially when they're off their regular routines or are distracted. I've never left a pet or my kid in a car, but I've forgotten my phone, forgotten the one thing I went to the store to buy, forgotten an utterly routine but important task at work. It is absolutely conceivable that I could forget the dog in the car if I misremembered that my husband had him, or something.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-07-10/hot-cars-children-deaths/56125706/1

Experts suggest putting your purse, phone, or other essential item in the back seat with the baby/pet so you will remember to check the back seat before leaving the car.

It's not stupidity that causes these awful accidents. It's distracted negligence.

I am so sorry the dog didn't make it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. poor dog

[Meiko]

19. This has happened before in Phoenix

another police dog was killed last year in similar fashion. Hard to believe a cop would forget his dog??????? Poor thing.

[Stinky The Clown]

22. Do you know what happened to the cop involved?

[4th law of robotics]

20. If a civilian had killed a police dog he would be facing serious charges

Let's see what happens to this cop.

/hope the dog was current on his union dues.

[Stinky The Clown]

21. I expect the cop will be in hot water

No pun intended.

[BrklynLiberal]

23. Punishment shoud fit the crime

Lock the cop up in a hot car and let him die the way his dog did....IT is a horrible, horrible way to go...Poor furbaby. There is no other punishment that I think would be appropriate