The Officer was sentenced to serve two days at the Centre County Correctional Facility.

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There are specific laws in most states against leaving any human or animal in a vehicle without ventilation for quite a few years now. Doesn't this officer know the law? Or does he just think he's above it? And only two days in jail?

A bill introduced this year in Michigan (SB 930) assigns penalties to people who leave dogs in hot cars.  This hasn't made it to a vote yet, but many other states have similar laws.  As drafted the bill assigns a heavy penalty if the dog dies:

IF THE VIOLATION [ANIMAL LEFT IN HOT CAR] RESULTS IN THE DEATH OF THE ANIMAL, THE PERSON IS GUILTY OF A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 5 YEARS OR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000.00, OR BOTH."

Current law already has special protections for police dogs and horses, but has the element of intent involved.

YUP! Like Hillary's INTENT by the FBI? Another JOKE imho!

Unless he deliberately tried to harm his dog I see no reason to punish him. As far as SB 930 bill, I consider that overkill [no pun intended]. I love animals but for pete's sakes we eat them everyday, kill them for sport and experiment on them in sadistic ways but the almighty Michigan lawmakers are going to throw people in prison for harming a dog that is left in a hot car. They want to ban hot dogs?

I think many many states, esp. the south and western hot states have this law in effect for many years now. Willy, not all animals are the same. Some are very domesticated, and not food or experiment sources, and neither are babies. Negligence and/or ignorance is no excuse imho. LE are supposed to be good examples & leaders, and held responsible just like anyone else for breaking the law. I didn't read the new law yet though, but commenting with common sense.

I agree that without some mens rea, a provable bad intent, there shouldn't be anything beyond a civil infraction for leaving a dog in a hot car.  If you really want to kill your dog, you're not generally going to leave it in your car and mess up your interior, so the proposed bill seems a bit superfluous to me too.

There should be some latitude for officers working with K-9 units; they may have an emergent situation arise in which they need to respond sooner than immediately, situations that may call on them to be away from their patrol car for an indefinite period.  If that isn't the case, the K-9 officer should at least face some heavy fines to make up for the thousands of dollars put into training the dog, and get some other discipline.

Those police dogs are very costly to cities that have them. They are part of the police force. When injured or killed in the line of duty they even have awards like medals of honor for them. At least the officer should have to pay back the city for what it has lost plus jail time. 2 days, what a joke.

If the officer got into an accident and wrecked a squad car he may have to reimburse his employer for damages but he certainly wouldn't be put in jail. Dog handlers are very attached to their animals and this officer must feel terrible about what happened so unless he intentionally tried to kill his dog, he should not be punished except for a possible reprimand. There are individuals who murder people and get far less punishment than what Bill SB 930 mandates.

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