THIS SO-CALLED COP SHOULD NOT ONLY BE FIRED,JAILED AND FOREVER BANNED FROM DUTY BUT SENT STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION!If ANY of us had even defended ourselves from this K9....we'd be charged with "assault on a police officer"...
I want to know why this prick isnt in jail for aggravated assault on a "police officer"...
Once again...no big deal to the Dept heads UNTIL the video got out to the public...
I wonder how many people this cop abused over the years and never got investigated...
Your words ring true..... I can’t watch the video the snippet was enough for me
FWIW, I shoot on Tuesday nights at a local match here in the Raleigh area. We had a couple of Durham LEOs there last night. One is a regular, and a canine officer.
He and the other officer both felt there was no valid reason for him to treat the dog the way he did.
I got the impression that they would in fact like some private time alone with the officer in question.
It was the surreptitious videotaping of the incident by another cop that brought this to light.
Exactly, but the dog he wasn’t shot after “reaching for the officer’s gun.”
As bad as kicking a dog is, is it really national news?
THIS SO-CALLED COP SHOULD NOT ONLY BE FIRED,JAILED AND FOREVER BANNED FROM DUTY BUT SENT STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION!Our law enforcement ranks are not lacking of scumbags. Thankfully, they tend to be more rare in our police forces than in the general populatioin.
This SOB is no cop! He had the greatest partner he could ever have; one that would back him up without question GUARANTEED and would always lay his life on the line before anyone else on the force! He did it for no more than an atta boy and a pat on the head. By kicking his dog, the sergeant disgraced his uniform and committed a crime. He should be charged and put in the “big house” among those who know a thing or two about kicking someone.
“He had his back to me, and he began kicking the dog,” Herndon said. He said he did not think Jones was trying intentionally to hurt the dog, and he praised Jones’ skills as a dog trainer.”
Heck of a dog trainer if you ask me. Can he make bears dance too?
> First, Jones swung the dog in a circle in a technique known as “helicoptering.” The dog was swung in such force that it became airborne.
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> Herndon testified that he did not object to the helicoptering but did become concerned when Jones took Ricoh by the leash and suspended him from the railing.
“...a technique known as ‘helicoptering’” ay. I seem to have missed that training technique for dogs. And this thug purported to be a dog trainer. Hmmmmmmmm...
I don’t have words for this.
Very true. Too many cops are morons.
As a dog owner, this sickens me to no end.
Why do people abuse animals like that?
If the dog DOES NOT learn to release than it would seem to be worthless as a police dog.
That said, your typical libertarian internet "lawyer" is showing through.
Assaulting a Police Service Dog is NOT "assault on a Police Officer".
Here is the appropriate North Carolina General Statute:
§ 14‑163.1. Assaulting a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal.
(a) The following definitions apply in this section:
(1) Assistance animal. – An animal that is trained and may be used to assist a "person with a disability" as defined in G.S. 168A‑3. The term "assistance animal" is not limited to a dog and includes any animal trained to assist a person with a disability as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 168 of the General Statutes.
(2) Law enforcement agency animal. – An animal that is trained and may be used to assist a law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's official duties.
(3) Harm. – Any injury, illness, or other physiological impairment; or any behavioral impairment that impedes or interferes with duties performed by a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal.
(4) Serious harm. – Harm that does any of the following:
a. Creates a substantial risk of death.
b. Causes maiming or causes substantial loss or impairment of bodily function.
c. Causes acute pain of a duration that results in substantial suffering.
d. Requires retraining of the law enforcement agency animal or assistance animal.
e. Requires retirement of the law enforcement agency animal or assistance animal from performing duties.
(a1) Any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal and who willfully kills the animal is guilty of a Class H felony.
(b) Any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal and who willfully causes or attempts to cause serious harm to the animal is guilty of a Class I felony.
(c) Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal and who willfully causes or attempts to cause harm to the animal is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(d) Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who knows or has reason to know that an animal is a law enforcement agency animal or an assistance animal and who willfully taunts, teases, harasses, delays, obstructs, or attempts to delay or obstruct the animal in the performance of its duty as a law enforcement agency animal or assistance animal is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
(d1) A defendant convicted of a violation of this section shall be ordered to make restitution to the person with a disability, or to a person, group, or law enforcement agency who owns or is responsible for the care of the law enforcement agency animal for any of the following as appropriate:
(1) Veterinary, medical care, and boarding expenses for the assistance animal or law enforcement animal.
(2) Medical expenses for the person with the disability relating to the harm inflicted upon the assistance animal.
(3) Replacement and training or retraining expenses for the assistance animal or law enforcement animal.
(4) Expenses incurred to provide temporary mobility services to the person with a disability.
(5) Wages or income lost while the person with a disability is with the assistance animal receiving training or retraining.
(6) The salary of the law enforcement agency animal handler as a result of the lost services to the agency during the time the handler is with the law enforcement agency animal receiving training or retraining.
(7) Any other expense reasonably incurred as a result of the offense.
(e) This section shall not apply to a licensed veterinarian whose conduct is in accordance with Article 11 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.
(f) Self‑defense is an affirmative defense to a violation of this section.
(g) Nothing in this section shall affect any civil remedies available for violation of this section. (1983, c. 646, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 108; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 258, s. 1; 2001‑411, s. 1; 2005‑184, s. 1; 2007‑80, s. 1.)
Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer is covered under another statute (14-33(c)(4)).
What is more, assaulting a police animal is a class I felony, whereas assaulting a LEO is only an A1 Misdemeanor.
I would suggest you get some formal legal training before spouting off nonsensical internet law urban legends about "If ANY of us had even defended ourselves from this K9....we'd be charged with "assault on a police officer"..."
Because it is obvious that you don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.
Carolyn
governor.office@ncmail.met
I sent an e-mail to him asking him to please use his influence and see that this guy is not in a position of law enforcement.
Carolyn
.....only cops should have guns....
BTTT FOR LATER
Even if you choose to look at a police dog as just a piece of equipment, he purposefully damaged government property.
If it were up to me, he'd be hung by a leash from the dock and kicked.