I hope that it's just your sadness at the situation that's making you say that, and that you really don't mean it...
The police enforce the law. It appears that this evil, vile creature who's keeping the dog has done nothing that violates the law.
Do you really want to police to sieze the property of one person and give it to another, when the law has not been broken?
Mark
At this point I consider the dog stolen property Mark. If it wasn't a living being, I would be more inclined to let the courts settle this pre-resolution. When a living being is involved, I say return the dog and let the two week owner seek remedy in court.
What makes this an easy call for me, is that both parties seem to agree that the dog was the 14 year companion of the person who had posession prior to this.
This is traumatic for the dog, and completely unnecessary IMO.
If a person stole your car, the police would not wait for a judgement in court before returning it to you. It would be registered in your name, but both parties seem to have stipulated that the dog was the prior owner's property.