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Updated: 4:08 PM Apr 29, 2008
Video Shows Handler Kicking Raleigh Highway Patrol Dog
Some grainy cell phone video shows a dog handler kicking a Highway Patrol dog in Raleigh. The trooper is trying to get his job back. Posted: 3:04 PM Apr 29, 2008 |
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Some grainy cell phone video shows a dog handler for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol kicking and swinging a Highway Patrol dog in Raleigh.
The trooper is trying to get his job back in a hearing in Raleigh. The video came out in connection with that hearing. The video shows former Highway Patrol dog handler Charles Jones with a 7-year-old Highway Patrol dog.
Jones appears to be suspending the dog off the ground and in another clip, kicking it.
Jones was dismissed from the Highway Patrol when the allegations surfaced. He is currently in a hearing in Raleigh to attempt to regain his position. Jones claims the training did not violate departmental rules.
One state official explained why Jones was dismissed in the first place.
"The actions in this case were disturbing, the actions that I just read from my decision," said Brian Beatty, North Carolina Crime Control and Public Safety. "I don't think there could ever be an excuse under those circumstances for that kind of behavior."
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He should get the same as any other person would get for hitting an officer!! And charged with cruelty to animals. And never aloud to have another animal. The dog might be fine now, but that can change later in life. It is my understanding that a hematomia can take a while to form. I should know, because my GSD of 9 yrs, never acted like he was hurt, then one day he went down, we done surgery, and found a hematomia the size of a soccerball in him, I asked the vet how did this happen, he said probably someone kicked him. And that I could understand, because he was an attack dog, so someone might have been trying to fight him off, while I wasn't at home. I hope this doesn't happen to this K-9 dog.
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I commented on this matter May 1st. I am still upset on this matter. The NC Highway Patrol k-9 unit really need some training. It was written that this dog was not "seriously" hurt. This was physically, what about emotionally? Dogs have need of a sense of well being. I just want to see that justice is done on this matter. Are any animal activist groups going to step in, or have they already? Is the HWY Patrol going to truly correct this matter? I pray that they will. I don't want to loose my respect for officers of the law, but if we don't get proof who knows.
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The officer should lose his job and also be held responsible for animal cruelty. Men & women of the law should set good examples of behavior and be treated no different when it comes to punishment when they do wrong. This dog was his partner...what would he do if his human partner did not react to his command??
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