Police Dog Dies After He Was Left in Police Car In a 109 Degrees Day

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Officer accused of leaving police dog in hot car
Report: Cop ran errands, napped as canine died in 109-degree day

Updated: 9:34 a.m. CT Sept 6, 2007
PHOENIX - A suburban police officer is accused of leaving a police dog in a patrol car for more than 12 hours on a 109-degree day, killing the animal.

Chandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was booked into the Maricopa County jail on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after a two-week investigation into the death of a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Bandit. He was released later Wednesday, said Capt. Paul Chagolla, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s investigation showed Bandit was in Lovejoy’s patrol car from about 9 a.m. to shortly after 10 p.m. Aug. 11. During that time, the investigation found, the officer ran errands, napped and ate out with his wife. Lovejoy later found the dog dead in the car.

“I am certain Sgt. Lovejoy has suffered greatly from leaving his police dog in a sweltering car,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a statement. “I do not relish the idea of compounding his sadness. However, Lovejoy must be treated like anyone else in similar circumstances.”

Lovejoy said Wednesday night that he is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 25 and that his lawyer advised him not to comment further.

“With the sheriff railing on me right now, it’s kind of hard to say anything,” Lovejoy said.

Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler said in a statement that the department respects and supports the criminal justice system and its processes, and that an internal investigation has been launched.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20622619/?GT1=10357

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Dude is probably not a bad guy, just a complete fucking idiot

[boutons_]

Phoenix's Finest

[duncan228]

9 am to after 10 pm?
That's beyond cruel.
How do you leave a dog for 13 hours and not think about it?

Shit, if I'm gone longer than a few hours I think about my animals and they're in the house.

[blizz]

fucking cocksucker...that's so fucked up. asshole!

[atxrocker]

Dude is probably not a bad guy, just a complete fucking idiot


alright dude, im calling you out on this one. fuck you, man. intentional or not, how in the fuck does anyone, especially a cop leave a fucking animal locked in a car in that kind of heat for that amount of time? you're so full of shit. you were quick to jump on the give mike vick the death penalty bandwagon but say this guy should get a slap on the wrist cause he's a fucking cop? come the fuck on, you double standard having bastard. i would still consider this animal cruelty.

[Squid]

Isn't killing a police dog the same as killing an actual officer? He should be held to it. Fucking asshole. What kind of piece of shit leaves their dog in a car for that long? He is just as bad as Vick.

[marini martini]

My Dad had a police dog in WW11, named Shep. I have a beautiful figurine, that I am giving to a very good friend

[Phil Hellmuth]

i don't think all humans have brains.

[marini martini]

:dizzy Me fuckin' either

[leemajors]

i can't stand people who leave their dogs in cars with the windows down for movies in the winter. this is inexcusable.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

alright dude, im calling you out on this one. fuck you, man. intentional or not, how in the fuck does anyone, especially a cop leave a fucking animal locked in a car in that kind of heat for that amount of time? you're so full of shit. you were quick to jump on the give mike vick the death penalty bandwagon but say this guy should get a slap on the wrist cause he's a fucking cop? come the fuck on, you double standard having bastard. i would still consider this animal cruelty.First of all, I said nothing about how the man should be punished, I said he was PROBABLY more of an idiot than a cruel son of a bitch like your boy Vick. Second, how in the fuck can you compare this shit with what Vick did?? Seriously! You're one stupid motherfucker you know that? Exercise some fucking common sense for once in your life! and finally, I didn't jump on any bandwagon jackass, I told you to STFU with the Vick ball riding you've been doing since the whole thing came out. For fuck sake, you went so far as to bring up your Vick bullshit on a thread talking about a man getting his neck slashed by Rafer Alston.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

and by the way I we're going to start with the "I call you out" bullshit, let me put this one in



Good thing he didnt stab a dog:lol no shit. everyone would be all over this story if so. this thread would be an easy 3 pages by now if he had.

why do people suddenly value human life so much less than that of an animal?Here's my response...


oh just shut the fuck up already! Nobody here is condoning what this jackass did, but whatever Alston did or did not do, that still doesn't make what Vick did any less fucked up!
and here is my favorite by Ronaldo McDonald...


u seemed to really give a shit aabout human life wen you posted this (in reference to Own Wilson's suicide attempt):
i just think it's funny that i'm supposed to give a shit that some millionaire hollywood playboy is taking a fall. boo fucking hoo. maybe i'm not being compassionate but this shit happens all the time. okay, depression is a serious issue. it hits everyone. i guess i just tend to feel less sorry for the guy who gets it when his problems are how he's going to spend his millions or what his latest role is gonna be So in the future, think before you spew out shit, mmk?

[atxrocker]

First of all, I said nothing about how the man should be punished, I said he was PROBABLY more of an idiot than a cruel son of a bitch like your boy Vick. Second, how in the fuck can you compare this shit with what Vick did?? Seriously! You're one stupid motherfucker you know that? Exercise some fucking common sense for once in your life! and finally, I didn't jump on any bandwagon jackass, I told you to STFU with the Vick ball riding you've been doing since the whole thing came out. For fuck sake, you went so far as to bring up your Vick bullshit on a thread talking about a man getting his neck slashed by Rafer Alston.


nice try on backpeddling. your initial post implied that you didn't really think it was much of an issue. write it off as an honest mistake, huh? as far as the comparison, i wouldn't know which way to die is worst since i have neither been drowned/shot or killed from heat exhaustion. i wouldn't imagine either would be fun. both are murder. by the way, i never fucking defended vick. my whole point was how the whole thing had been blown out of proportion by the media and fucks like you. i never said it was right or that i agreed with him so if that's what you're trying to imply then read my posts again. i still stick to my position on that issue too. it's just funny that this story comes out and nobody on ST gives a flying fuck but let some animal cruelty story come out about a black athlete and all fucking hell breaks loose. and you know, what both of them did was fucked up but how exactly is allowing your dog a slow, painful death by insane heat any better than any other forms of murder? it's really a shame that your opinion on subject matters differ based off of how much publicity a story gets.

[atxrocker]

and by the way I we're going to start with the "I call you out" bullshit, let me put this one in


Here's my response...


and here is my favorite by Ronaldo McDonald...

So in the future, think before you spew out shit, mmk?


this post does nothing in your favor. you're getting desperate. in the first quote i was confirming my opinion that people on this board would have come in droves to post if it was a controversial topic like the vick case. noone gave a shit that a neck was slashed. in the second, i refused to show sympathy for a celeb who tried to off himself. that's not exactly the same thing as being murdered is it now?

[atxrocker]

****waits for manumanic to post more pointless quotes in an attempt to not look like a hypocrite

[MaNuMaNiAc]

nice try on backpeddling. your initial post implied that you didn't really think it was much of an issue. write it off as an honest mistake, huh? as far as the comparison, i wouldn't know which way to die is worst since i have neither been drowned/shot or killed from heat exhaustion. i wouldn't imagine either would be fun. both are murder. by the way, i never fucking defended vick. my whole point was how the whole thing had been blown out of proportion by the media and fucks like you. i never said it was right or that i agreed with him so if that's what you're trying to imply then read my posts again. i still stick to my position on that issue too. it's just funny that this story comes out and nobody on ST gives a flying fuck but let some animal cruelty story come out about a black athlete and all fucking hell breaks loose. and you know, what both of them did was fucked up but how exactly is allowing your dog a slow, painful death by insane heat any better than any other forms of murder? it's really a shame that your opinion on subject matters differ based off of how much publicity a story gets.I blew shit out of proportion?? When? Go ahead, back your shit up! Find the post where I comment on the Vick case and blow shit out of proportion

[2Blonde]

nice try on backpeddling. your initial post implied that you didn't really think it was much of an issue. write it off as an honest mistake, huh? as far as the comparison, i wouldn't know which way to die is worst since i have neither been drowned/shot or killed from heat exhaustion. i wouldn't imagine either would be fun. both are murder. by the way, i never fucking defended vick. my whole point was how the whole thing had been blown out of proportion by the media and fucks like you. i never said it was right or that i agreed with him so if that's what you're trying to imply then read my posts again. i still stick to my position on that issue too. it's just funny that this story comes out and nobody on ST gives a flying fuck but let some animal cruelty story come out about a black athlete and all fucking hell breaks loose. and you know, what both of them did was fucked up but how exactly is allowing your dog a slow, painful death by insane heat any better than any other forms of murder? it's really a shame that your opinion on subject matters differ based off of how much publicity a story gets.
ATX,
So he's apathetic and blowing it out of proportion at the same time? :lol Good trick on Manu's part. Wouldn't it be easier for you to find one point of view and stick with it?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

this post does nothing in your favor. you're getting desperate. in the first thread i was confirming my opinion that people on this board would have come in droves to post if it was a controversial topic like the vick case. noone gave a shit that a neck was slashed. in the second, i refused to show sympathy for a celeb who tried to off himself. that's not exactly the same thing as being murdered is it now?That post accomplishe exactly what its meant to accomplish, and that is show you for the jackass that you are. You, for some reason or other seem to have a hard on for Vick and continiously bring his shit up again and again in the hopes people here are going to somehow agree with you that what Vick did wasn't that bad... let me tell you something, it wasn't bad, it was HORRIBLE! and I couldn't give a fuck if the man was black, white, yellow or fucking blue, what he did is fucked up! Now what this guy did sound more like neglect than downright cruelty, but I could be wrong, see the facts aren't completely out yet, unlike your boy Vick.

[Mister Sinister]

:cry Sad..

[atxrocker]

ATX,
So he's apathetic and blowing it out of proportion at the same time? :lol Good trick on Manu's part. Wouldn't it be easier for you to find one point of view and stick with it?


uh.. i guess you had a blonde moment. that is the point i am trying to make here. he writes this case off as a non-issue yet blasted vick not all that long ago. he's a hypocrite. get it now?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

uh.. i guess you had a blonde moment. that is the point i am trying to make here. he writes this case off as a non-issue yet blasted vick not all that long ago. he's a hypocrite. get it now?When? find the post bitch! Go ahead. Find the post where I blow the whole thing out of proportion

[MaNuMaNiAc]

What's the matter rocker? nothing to say?? Good, then STFU!

[Ronaldo McDonald]

alright dude, im calling you out on this one. fuck you, man. intentional or not, how in the fuck does anyone, especially a cop leave a fucking animal locked in a car in that kind of heat for that amount of time? you're so full of shit. you were quick to jump on the give mike vick the death penalty bandwagon but say this guy should get a slap on the wrist cause he's a fucking cop? come the fuck on, you double standard having bastard. i would still consider this animal cruelty.

There is a basic difference between someone who may not have the mental capacity to be responsible for a dog or anyone or any thing for that matter and someone who does all the shit that Vick has done and is immoral beyond any comprehension.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

There is a basic difference between someone who may not have the mental capacity to be responsible for a dog or anyone or any thing for that matter and someone who does all the shit that Vick has done and is immoral beyond any comprehension.you're wasting your time bro, anything basic eludes him

[atxrocker]

What's the matter rocker? nothing to say?? Good, then STFU!


what's the matter? uh, i'm at work and don't have time to search for your bullshit posts. you know that along with everybody else you were saying to hang the bastard so if you claim othewise then i don't give a shit. you have way too many posts for me to waste time searching for any when you have yet to bring shit to the table except those weak ass quotes that prove nothing other than you have way too much time on your hands. whatever.

[tsb2000]

What you all might not know is the cop forgot about the dog in the car since his kid was in an accident that day. The cop was worried sick about his kid. This doesn't compare at all to Vick's situation.

[atxrocker]

worried about his kid but managed to run errands and have dinner with his wife? they're probably trying to play that angle in hopes that this story goes away fast.

[leemajors]

What you all might not know is the cop forgot about the dog in the car since his kid was in an accident that day. The cop was worried sick about his kid. This doesn't compare at all to Vick's situation.
he didn't leave his dog in the house for 13 hours, he left it in the car. it's not vick, but it's horrible.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

what's the matter? uh, i'm at work and don't have time to search for your bullshit posts. you know that along with everybody else you were saying to hang the bastard so if you claim othewise then i don't give a shit. you have way too many posts for me to waste time searching for any when you have yet to bring shit to the table except those weak ass quotes that prove nothing other than you have way too much time on your hands. whatever.You're the one calling me out asshole. Back your shit up or shut the fuck up, pick one. You know why you can't, because there is no such fucking post. you're spewing bullshit as usual

[atxrocker]

and just for the record for those trying to get me twisted, what vick did was worse since he killed several dogs in vicious manners. i agree completely. i take issue with manumania so quickly giving this prick a pass cause the circumstances were different.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

he didn't leave his dog in the house for 13 hours, he left it in the car. it's not vick, but it's horrible.I agree, its a shit thing to do, but there is a difference between neglect and outright cruel, violent killing. Something atx doesn't seem to be able to grasp

[MaNuMaNiAc]

and just for the record for those trying to get me twisted, what vick did was worse since he killed several dogs in vicious manners. i agree completely. i take issue with manumania so quickly giving this prick a pass cause the circumstances were different.who the hell is giving the guy a pass?? I'm saying the dude could very well be an irreponsible idiot instead of your boy Vick. You're telling that can't be the case?

[2Blonde]

it's just funny that this story comes out and nobody on ST gives a flying fuck but let some animal cruelty story come out about a black athlete and all fucking hell breaks loose. and you know, what both of them did was fucked up but how exactly is allowing your dog a slow, painful death by insane heat any better than any other forms of murder? it's really a shame that your opinion on subject matters differ based off of how much publicity a story gets.
Yes that is fucked up to let an animal die that way and I don't think anyone in here has said any different. But why is it your job to come in here and call someone out. Are you the Shame police? Will we get tickets if we have a differing opinion than yours an any subject. Manu's opinion, whatever it was in the Michael Vick thread, is his valid opinion. Mine could be the same or different but I don't have to be an ass about it and call him out.

[atxrocker]

who the hell is giving the guy a pass??



Dude is probably not a bad guy

[MaNuMaNiAc]

idiots go to jail too rocker. Ever heard of criminal negligence?? I'm saying the dude sounds more like an negligent idiot than a cruel bastard. You comparing this shit to Vick is beyond lame

[MaNuMaNiAc]

by the way, you still haven't produced that infamous post where I bash on Vick and call for him to be hanged :rolleyes

Full of shit is what you are

[atxrocker]

You comparing this shit to Vick is beyond lame


the only reason i brought him up was your post. i admitted already that what vick did was worse. and wrong. and fucked up. fucking give it up already.

[Fillmoe]

the real question is if the dog was a pit bull would all of you be celebrating?

[atxrocker]

the real question is if the dog was a pit bull would all of you be celebrating?


lol... you may have opened up a whole other can of worms. too bad ed hellicoptor jones isn't around for his typical "all pits should be shot and killed" post, but hey this is the club. there are plenty of pit haters still around.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

the only reason i brought him up was your post. i admitted already that what vick did was worse. and wrong. and fucked up. fucking give it up already.alright then, what post?? I'll give it up when you show people what the hell you're talking about! if you can, that is

[MaNuMaNiAc]

You know whats even funnier is you calling me a hypcrite for something you know is bullshit, and then you come out with these two gems in the same thread


alright dude, im calling you out on this one. fuck you, man. intentional or not, how in the fuck does anyone, especially a cop leave a fucking animal locked in a car in that kind of heat for that amount of time? you're so full of shit. you were quick to jump on the give mike vick the death penalty bandwagon but say this guy should get a slap on the wrist cause he's a fucking cop? come the fuck on, you double standard having bastard. i would still consider this animal cruelty.

and just for the record for those trying to get me twisted, what vick did was worse since he killed several dogs in vicious manners. i agree completely...yes, those two posts sure don't seem to contradict themselves huh? First you get angry at me because you think I want to give a free pass to the cop, and equate the whole thing to the Vick case, and then you come out and say you know what Vick did was worst? Which is it bro?

[atxrocker]

You know whats even funnier is you calling me a hypcrite for something you know is bullshit


so you feeling passionately about what vick did and dismissing that this cop took the dogs life is not hypocritical? was this dog's life any less valuable that those that vick killed?

[50 cent]

Reason # 235,346 why cops suck.