Police Officer Kills K-9 Partner

[selzer]

In Ohio:

E)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of assaulting a police dog or horse. Except as otherwise provided in this division, assaulting a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the violation results in the death of the police dog or horse, assaulting a police dog or horse is a felony of the third degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm to the police dog or horse other than its death, assaulting a police dog or horse is a felony of the fourth degree. If the violation results in physical harm to the police dog or horse other than death or serious physical harm, assaulting a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

found in "2921.321 Assaulting or harassing police dog or horse or service dog."

[KZoppa]

Originally Posted by RebelGSD

Now Malinois are supposed to be GSDs on crack -

ROFLMAO!!!!! I have to say that so far, this has made me crack up. I live on a military base right now and constantly see malinois' and dutch shepherds who are jittery and just crazy. The ONE shepherd on the K9 force here has his tail dog, is the best behaved dog of the bunch and listens the best. They did a demo of the dogs last year and i just couldnt believe how spazzy the BM's and the DS's were. This actually explains that perfectly!

[AgileGSD]

Originally Posted by APBTLove

I happen to think that an officer who "loses it" and ends up killing a large (and important) animal is a very dangerous person, what if it's a person he 'loses it' with next and kills? A lawbreaker who gets on his nerves perhaps. It doesn't take much more to kill a human than it does a dog. Violence like that is what is scary more than the animal cruelty shown. It shows he's got very little self-control and a short fuse. A very bad mixture for someone who is supposed to protect and uphold the law.

I totally agree!

Really there is no way to defend this officer's action. That he "accidentally" beat and/or hung the dog to death just doesn't work. As though it would have been ok to beat and/or hang the dog if the dog hadn't died from it?