Re: Trooper dogs off duty indefinitely

diane920 — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:55:28 -0400

I want to know why this loser hasn't been charged with assaulting an officer. those dogs are considered officers and if that dog had been beaten or even killed while working the offender would be charged with either assault or murder of an officer (both are felonies)and this loser should be treatesd the same way. i would love to see him thrown in the gen population of prison and see how well he does there after being beaten.

Trooper dogs off duty indefinitely

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:28:46 -0400

The N.C. Highway Patrol has pulled its 10 police dogs off duty indefinitely after several troopers testified in a personnel hearing this week to several rough training methods that involved shocking, kicking and suspending the dogs.

Patrol spokesman Lt. Everett Clendenin said that Bryan Beatty, the N.C. Crime Control and Public Safety secretary who oversees the patrol, ordered the suspension so that a review can be conducted of training techniques, Dan Kane reports.

"We can't run the risk of one of our dogs being injured or somebody in the public being injured because of the training," Clendenin said. "We're not sure what's taking place, so that's what we are going to do."

Over the course of three days of hearings into the firing of Sgt. Charles Jones, who is trying to win his job back, troopers in the canine program have said that dogs have been shocked with a stun gun, kicked, and suspended until they are nearly unconscious.

They also have acknowledged throwing plastic bottles filled with stones at the dogs and twirling them around in a technique known as "helicoptering," sometimes releasing them in midair.

More after the jump.

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