Posted on 06/25/2023 2:21:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A police K-9 dog died of "heat-related injuries" inside an officer's vehicle this week after the air conditioning system stopped working, authorities in Georgia said.
The dog, named Chase, had been left in a patrol car belonging to one officer, who the Cobb County Police Department identified as Officer Neill in a news release. The incident happened Monday while Neill and other officers attended an active shooter training at a local high school.
"Officers had been at training since 11 a.m. and had been checking on their K9 partners on the hour for 15-minute breaks between each 45-minute training session," Cobby County police said. "At some point after the previous check, the air conditioning system malfunctioned in Officer Neill's patrol vehicle."
k9-chase.jpg K-9 Chase, a police dog in Cobb County, Georgia, died of heat-related injuries after being left too long inside of a patrol car after its air conditioning system failed. COBB COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT / FACEBOOK Preliminary information suggested that backup safety systems inside the patrol car did not activate properly when the air conditioning switched off, causing the temperature to rise quickly inside the vehicle, the police department said. At around 2 p.m., Neill's K-9 was found unresponsive in the car. Although Neill and other Cobb County officers attempted life-saving measures and the dog was then transported to an emergency veterinary clinic nearby, Chase died of heat-related injuries, police said.
Investigators found that the patrol vehicle "had multiple failures" that led to the K-9's death, which Cobb County police called "a horrible incident" and a "tragedy." The dog was transferred Monday from the Cobb County Animal Shelter to the University of Georgia for a necropsy.
The Cobb County Police Department explained that K-9s are typically kept inside a kennel in the back of an officer's patrol car while that officer is in the field, and the officer is tasked during that time with using the car's climate control system to adjust the temperature to a safe level.
A canine's handler "routinely returns to the vehicle to let the canine out of the vehicle and to check to verify the vehicle is still operating properly," according to the police department, which noted that a backup system in place in each patrol car is meant to act as a safeguard that automatically switches on should the air conditioning system fail. The safeguard activates the lights and sirens on the patrol car, automatically rolls the windows down, activates a fan inside the car and notifies the officer of a problem with their vehicle.
"Unfortunately, this vehicle had multiple failures, the alert system did not activate, and the handler was not alerted about an issue until they returned to the vehicle to check on the canine," the police department said.
Questionable.... Works fine then and hour and 15 minutes give or take the dogs dead??
And the officer left the car running that whole time?
Could not have taken the dog inside the building during the training classes or had someone else handle the dog for the day?
Yeah they missed the problem on a previous check. Very obvious.
Why not. The taxpayers are paying for the gas.
I agree.
I could not live with myself.
My dogs are staying in all the time now as the AC in the only car I have running no longer works after an idiot ran a stop sign and hit the front of it.
My boy is super unhappy about staying alone where it’s cool but he is alive to howl and gripe about it.
That poor dog.
Horrible way to die.
Reckless Endangerment causing Injury or Death of a Police Officer is a 20 year sentence.
NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW
When mere citizens kill police dogs it’s usually a capital offense.
There is no excuse for this. Those dogs should have been left back at their kennels while these guys were at the class. That poor dog was tortured. We never take our dogs anywhere in the summer unless they are going to be with us, EVERY MINUTE, EVERYWHERE WE GO.
I just watched a video where cops arrested a civilian for leaving his dog in a car for 6 minutes with the window cracked.
No excuse for this.
As Aunt Edna would say “DOG KILLER!”
If i did that they would file charges
Gas is cheaper than training a new police dog.
What officer is going to jail for killing another officer?
Oh, they will not do anything to officer who kill police dogs.....
Doggy deserved the day in a cool building, not left locked alone in a car. Still, condolences. That must have been awful for dog and man alike.
Dumb ass.
I was church service today and the priest had allow police to make an announcement about a dog which had been left locked-up in a car (it was about 85 Deg. today and humid!) in the church parking lot.
What is wrong with people??!!
Good job killing your dog, dumbass
How did that work out?
Somebody has to stand responsible for this. Either the tech company who installed the equipment, or the manufacturer, or the company who supplied the equipment. Nah, the car should have been impounded, and diagnostic checks made to determine the fault. Those dogs are very expensive.
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