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Cop arrested for Animal abuse!
Topic Started: Sep 27 2007, 03:55 PM (318 Views)
macmtn
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This one takes the cake as far as I am concerned... :censored: :censored:


Support Sheriff for Arresting Officer in Police Dog's Death
Animal-friendly Arizona lawman catches flak from colleagues - needs "backup" for doing the right thing
In July 2007, IDA named Sheriff Joe Arpaio, head of the Maricopa County Sheriff's office, our Guardian of the Month for his efforts to hold animal abusers accountable for their crimes. Now the nationally-renowned lawman needs our help, as he has come under fire from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police (AACOP) and some police unions for arresting a Chandler law enforcement officer in the death of his K-9 partner.

The furor started when Arpaio booked Sergeant Thomas Lovejoy on animal abuse charges after the officer left Bandit, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois, in his police cruiser from 9:00 a.m. until after 10:00 p.m. on August 11th. With temperatures reaching a high of 109 degrees that day, Bandit died painfully from heat prostration while Lovejoy ran errands, took a nap, and dined at a restaurant with his wife.

Upon finding Bandit dead in the back seat, Lovejoy called his commanding officer, who came and removed the dog's corpse from the car and immediately had it cremated. If Lovejoy were not a law enforcement officer, police would have followed their official procedure of preserving the dog's body as evidence in the case pending an investigation. The Chandler Police Department did not notify the Maricopa County Sheriff's office of Bandit's death until three days after it happened.

The Chandler Police Department publicly announced that there would be no criminal investigation of Bandit's death, but only an internal investigation. Dissatisfied with this course of action, Sheriff Arpaio ordered a full investigation that took two weeks and entailed interviewing Chandler Police officials and veterinarians, creating a timeline of events, and verifying witnesses' statements. In deference to the distress of Sergeant Lovejoy and his family over the situation, Arpaio did make special arrangements in the arrest procedure to make his appearance before a judge at the jail as short as possible (it was done in less than an hour) and to minimize the defendant's exposure to the media.

In response, AACOP sent Sheriff Arpaio a letter of "resolution" accusing him of overreacting to the situation; but the fact is he was just doing his job and showing strong leadership while sending a powerful message that animal abuse will not be tolerated -- no matter who the perpetrator is.



1) Let Sheriff Arpaio know that you support his decision to book Sergeant Lovejoy on misdemeanor charges (which could cost him up to six months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine), just like he would any other citizen who was responsible for an animal companion's death.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio
100 West Washington
Suite 1900
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Tel: (602) 876-1801
Webmail

2) Contact Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and thank him for prosecuting this case.

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
100 W. Washington, Ste 1900
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Tel: (602) 876-1801
Fax: (602) 506-8102
Email webform

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Oh that poor, poor dog.

What the #$%#! kind of K-9 officer would do that to any dog, let alone his own partner?!?! That's just plain sickening. :,(
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I SO support :cheer: the cop-who arrested the cop :censored: -who left his faithful cop partner to die in such a dispicable way. Just like those stupid people who go off and FORGET THEIR KIDS in cars...he should be drawn, quartered, and pegged out on a red ant hill. THEN fired and have to do time for murder. Of course...being a cop-he will probably get off... :soapbox: :soapbox: :soapbox:
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