08-14-2015, 01:07 PM
(08-14-2015, 05:02 AM)Duchess Wrote:
When a police dog is shot & killed, is it treated the same as if an officer was shot & killed in terms of charges?
An X-ray of Falco by the coroner’s office showed a single gunshot wound in the face, with the bullet lodged in the abdominal cavity, Dr. Patrick said
Chief Kral declined to comment on the number of gunshots. He said he also could not recall another line-of-duty K-9 death.
Had Marshall survived, he could have faced a third-degree felony for killing a police dog.
Falco did not wear a bulletproof vest at the time of the shooting. Dogs overheat if they constantly wear vests, and in this case it would not have prevented his death, the chief said.
Police responding to an emergency situation are also often unable to properly equip the vest on a K-9 in time, he said.
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