“A trained police dog should not be barking at people just passing a car”. Where did you come up with that? Have you trained a police dog before? Most police dogs bark at people that come the car. That is their territory and it is natural for them to bark to protect their space.

Get a clue!!

I hate to think that cops are leaving their partners in hot cars. It seems ridiculous to risk that much — purely on a cost basis, because of how much the dogs cost to purchase and train.

If in fact what the judge says is true under the law, that a police dog is the same as a police officer and there is no difference under the law, which is exactly what I thought was true - then that cop, who left his partner to die in a hot car for over 12 hours should have been charged with a felony - technically the dog was the same as any other partner he would have had. So the charge should be manslaughter. Regardless of his intent - the dog, a police officer is still quite dead as a direct result of his careless actions.

Then there was the cop who physically abused his dog while training it. And what has happened to him? These are only two made public - what about the others? The law has to apply equally to everyone, including cops!

Want to bet this “potential shanker” has some latent hostility. And obviously his parents are part of the problem.