• 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Police dogs are (normally) one rank higher than their handlers. This means abuse or mistreatment is tantamount to harming a superior. On the low end he probably won’t be allowed to be a K9 handler anymore, and might lose his job at this location. On the high end you could go all the way up to facing actual charges for neglect/abuse/ death of an animal he was charged with protecting. K9 dogs take forever to train and trainers time is expensive and laborious - this is one of those moments and officer more than likely won’t walk away Scott free since he directly hurt his employer. Don’t bite the hand that feeds type deal.

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      6 days ago

      That figures. Leave it to the fucking police to treat killing your own cop dog as a significantly more serious offense than killing an unarmed civilian.