Bungling police dog is FIRED for slacking off work to play with trash ...

The Daily Mail Online ^ | February 5, 2014 | Alexander Klausner

[Uncle Chip]

when he was supposed to be looking for drugs

A police dog in Mississippi has been fired from the force, after finding playing with soda cans more interesting than drugs busts.

Police in Gulfport will be sending the Belgian Malinois dog back to the training facility he came from as Fred was found to be 'slacking off'.

Just two years ago, the city of Gulfport paid $12,000-$13,000 for Fred which included training at a facility in Kaplan, Louisiana.

Fred was trained at K-9 Unlimited in Kaplan, a school thought to be excellent for turning out well-trained and hardworking dogs.

Chief Leonardo Papania told The Sun Herald that although Fred is more than capable of sniffing out drigs, he can sometimes get distracted.

He said that situations have come up where Fred will be searching a building, but see a soda can and start playing with it instead of finishing the job.

The police department tried sending Fred back to school to train the distraction out of him, but nothing seemed to work....

[Innovative]

doggieping

[left that other site]

Indeed.

[skinkinthegrass]

*snickering*
do (real) butterflies count? ..we had a dobbie chased 'em all time...
not much a guard dog, he probably would've helped any burglar in
robbery of the house, an (ratdog) Chihuahua would've done better..
"just another case of Mehcans, doing a job Americans won't do"
it really happened, honest.

[CatherineofAragon]

I went to the link and looked at Fred’s picture. All I can say is, it would be impossible to be annoyed with THAT face for almost any reason.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The dog should claim disability and sue to get back on the job, or at least to keep its pension.

[blackdog]

Send Fred to Bloomberg’s New York. Soda is illegal there. Fred will be a canine cash cow.

[a fool in paradise]

Right afterwards, the dog handler probably went for donuts.

[Axenolith]

Maybe the can was used to smoke weed...

[xp38]

At least they haven’t shot him.

[a fool in paradise]

Maybe the drugs were stashed in the soda cans.

Didn't beatniks and other people on the bum used to put the strips from benzedrine inhalers in a can of Coke?

[KeyLargo]

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[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[TexasRepublic]

“Officer Rusty is being fired for eating something very repugnant. It lowers morale in the Force to see fellow officers stooping to such things.”

[9YearLurker]

Since ObamaVetCare, Fred feels newly liberated not to work a job just for the health benefits. We should all rejoice!

[CSM]

Just like Buford the coon hound! I thought he was a good tracker, until this winter. I have found that he has no interest in the “critter” tracks in the snow, but goes nuts for other dog tracks. I’m sure that is why his previous owners ditched him....