Any time that there is a Police Dog Harmed while performing his job, that suspect should be treated like this one!! He Suspect should be treated as if the Dog was a Person or Policemen injured on the job. Now if the Police Dog got ran over by accident by a un suspecting Civilian then the law doesn't apply since there was no malice aforthought to harm or cause harm to the dog. However if prof could be made that there was malice then the guy should go away for a good five to ten years. Police Dogs are great tools and we hold our pets near and dear to our hearts. A Police Dog is no different. the dog is a trusted Officer in the community. Some of the Dogs are well known and are well trusted. The handler's children Love the dog as if the Police Dog was their own, that Police Officer gets to go home and try to explain to his children that the god was shot and killed, not only that but the Officer is emotionally scarred by the loss of his partner.
Good Job, VA. Good Job!!
BSRancher...
Good Job, VA. Good Job!!
BSRancher...
Man Sent to Prison for Shooting Police Dog
By Associated Press12:19 PM PDT, June 14, 2006
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A man who shot a police dog during a burglary has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Robert Lee Cooke was found guilty in April of maliciously wounding of a police dog over the shooting that fatally injured the German shepherd, Igno. He also was convicted for a firearms violation.
Cooke was left paralyzed from the waist down after exchanging gunfire in October 2004 with officer Andy Gluba, who was Igno's handler.
"I do feel like I've been punished already," Cooke said Tuesday during his sentencing. "I lost half my body. My life and attitude is forever changed."
His lawyers said they planned to appeal the sentence. Five of the 10 years was shooting the dog and the rest was for the firearms violation. Cooke also was ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution.
Ingo had to be put down after being shot, and Gluba told the court his children had to undergo counseling after the dog's death.
"We were a well-known, intimate team and he was taken away from me that night," Gluba said. "It basically turned my world upside down."
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