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Wyoming police officer pleads not guilty in hot-car police dog death

Paleocon said:
An anonymous internet poster is not a valid source.



Answers.com is not a valid source.

(here's a hint, if people with no clue have the capacity to give wrong answers on a site, it's not a valid source, try citing a credible news source about someone being charged with murder for killing a police dog, or a statute or court ruling authorizing such a charge)
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Believe what you wish. Ask any police officer and he will tell you the same thing.
 
https://www.animallaw.info/statute/wy-dog-consolidated-dog-laws

Summary:
These Wyoming statutes comprise the state's dog laws. Among the provisions include damage done to livestock by dogs, rabies vaccination requirements, and municipal powers to regulate dogs.



6-5-211 Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties.

(a) Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for restitution by order of a court and shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.

(b) As used in this section:

(i) "Police dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or corrections agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or apprehension of offenders;

(ii) "Police horse" means any horse that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or corrections agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or apprehension of offenders;

(iii) "Fire dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a fire department, a special fire district or the state fire marshal for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of flammable materials or the investigation of fires;

(iv) "Search and rescue dog" means any search and rescue dog that is owned, or the service of which is utilized, by a fire department, a law enforcement or corrections agency, a special fire district or the state fire marshal for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of missing persons, including persons who are lost, who are trapped under debris as a result of a natural, manmade or technological disaster or who are drowning victims.
Laws 2001, ch. 205, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2007, ch. 69, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007.
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Can "I forgot" be justifiable?
 
Paleocon said:
It's simpler to respond to accurate posts.
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Did you see what americanwoman posted?

Why would the penalty be 10 years in jail for killing a police dog if I am wrong about what I said.

Do you know more than the actual statute?
 
Mason66 said:
Did you see what americanwoman posted?

Why would the penalty be 10 years in jail for killing a police dog if I am wrong about what I said.

Do you know more than the actual statute?
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Because that's the penalty for killing a police dog. Homicide of a police officer is punishable by life.
 
Paleocon said:
Because that's the penalty for killing a police dog. Homicide of a police officer is punishable by life.
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My point still stands why is this officer being charged with animal cruelty instead of this statute.
 
Mason66 said:
My point still stands why is this officer being charged with animal cruelty instead of this statute.
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Presumably because he didn't knowingly inflict death.

I agree in general that there is an issue with officers not being charged under statutes that other people would be for the same conduct, but that doesn't seem to be so in this case.
 
Come to think of it, I'm not sure why he's being charged with animal cruelty.

Wyoming Statutes
 
Moot said:
So apparently the dog was left in the patrol car with the engine running for six hours? Seems there is more neglect here than meets the eye.
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Right! What ever happened to personal responsibility and telling the truth. If this officer left his dog in the car without proper ventilation, he is guilty. Man up!
 
NIMBY said:
Wouldn't you know it?
I give sincere props to the policeman and police dog and rightist-wingers are chewing on the policeman and making fun of the dog .
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Consider who is responding to. Some people here are hardly worth the effort.
 
NIMBY said:
Wouldn't you know it?
I give sincere props to the policeman and police dog and rightist-wingers are chewing on the policeman and making fun of the dog .
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You're too sensitive. I haven't seen anyone making fun of the dog. I'm personally very much against using dogs this way, or in calling/considering them police. However, the doggie nuts insist on it. So I very much agree with the point, that if anyone else had killed this dog the charge would have been much, much more severe. And so it should be with this officer.
 
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Texmex said:
It depends on where you hide the weed.
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That was cute.

My dog happens to have a toilet fetish, likes to stick his head right into the bowl. I've closed the lid on his head a couple of times, he still doesn't understand, toilet bad!
 
AJiveMan said:
That was cute.

My dog happens to have a toilet fetish, likes to stick his head right into the bowl. I've closed the lid on his head a couple of times, he still doesn't understand, toilet bad!
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Put a small amount of ammonia and your dog may have second thoughts.
 
Texmex said:
Put a small amount of ammonia and your dog may have second thoughts.
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Positive reinforcement work much better and is less hazardous to the dog.
 
Lovebug said:
Positive reinforcement work much better and is less hazardous to the dog.
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I didn't mean to put that much, just a tiny amount in the water should do. No harm to the dog. But, this was just a suggestion. My dog's don't have this problem.
 
Mason66 said:
"Now wait a minute. I thought that if a suspect kills a police dog they get charged with the murder of a police officer.

Why was this officer only charged with animal cruelty? He killed a fellow police officer.
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That was my understanding to. If I as a civilian kill a police dog, I will be charged as if I killed a police officer.
 
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