Well done Nottinghamshire Police....

[FestiveSpirit]

I thought I had seen some terrible stories of dog mismanagement, but this beats them all

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8129826.stm

 

[Spudlet]

I heard this on the radio first thing this morning, how absolutely disgusting

Glad that the IPCC is involved. Poor dogs

 

[MurphysMinder]

Just saw this in NL. Absolutely disgusting, sadly not the first time police dog handlers have been involved in incidents of cruelty

 

[kerilli]

poor dogs. whoever was supposed to be looking after them should be sacked.
last year i tried to stay in a car in hot weather (was parked in dodgy area in South Africa!) and after 5 minutes, even though i was parked in the shade, it was absolutely unbearable, i couldn't believe how fast the temperature rose.
poor dogs.

 

[Puppy]

Just heard this on the radio and it's got my blood boiling. Poor, poor dogs

I hope they suitably punish those responsible.

 

[Horseyscot]

I just read about this, disgusting, poor animals

 

[Three]

£20k fine is nothing. Pity whoever was stupid enough to leave the dogs there can't be subjected to the same.

 

[CAYLA]

For Fuc!s sake, what king of message does this give out

The police "u know those people who smash a window to get a dog out of a car thats roasting to death, well they only went and did the same thing"

F******g arseholes

I wish I had never logged in today

 

[CorvusCorax]

This has really shocked me. I have grown up with my local dog unit and they treat their dogs like royalty, if not an extention of their own selves, they dot every 'i' and cross every 't'.
What is going on? Why has someone who should know dogs inside out done such a stupid thing?
Unfortunately I have seen this happen before in civilian life, those poor dogs.

 

[Spudlet]

I read that police dog cars sometimes have run locked mechanisms where the engine and ac keeps going even when the car is locked. I really, really hope that it turns out to be the case that this failed in some way rather than the handler just couldn't be @rsed to do the right thing...

Not that makes a difference to those poor dogs but it will restore a bit of my faith in humanity...

 

[FestiveSpirit]

West Mercia certainly havent got that system - dog section was based at HQ where I worked, so we regularly encountered numerous vehicles with the tailgates left open and barking inhabitants

Like you say, I really hope that Notts DO have that system

 

[Spudlet]

This is unbelievable

http://timesonline.typepad.com/crime/200...ommonsense.html

And there I am, fuming again, and have once again lost faith in humanity as a species

 

[Charmaine18]

I cannot imagine the horror those poor animals must have experienced in their last moments. How could someone who handles dogs for a living do this?! Really wish I hadn't opened this thread, it's made me so sad and angry...

 

[slimjim]

Another one.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Dog-dies-of-heatstroke-in.5423701.jp

Poor, poor foxy. What a dreadful way to go.

 

[competitiondiva]

Unfortunately this type of incident is NOT rare!! There is a big showground not far from me and the rspca regularly perform 'car park duty' in the summer during big events/shows and you can guarantee that several cars per show will have to be broken into!! The police should know better as they are the ones sometimes prosecuting for these offenses!!

If the responsible officer(s) are prosecuted then they will receive a criminal record and therefore should and probably will lose their job plus fines etc... Lets see what the RSPCA investigation and IPCC find. I just hope, from officers who handle dogs for a living that there was some reason (i.e failed air con equipement etc) to blame rather than incompetance and stupidity!

 

[FestiveSpirit]

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If the responsible officer(s) are prosecuted then they will receive a criminal record and therefore should and probably will lose their job plus fines etc...

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I am not convinced that they will lose their jobs over this - lots of police officers have criminal records of one kind or another!