Police Dog Passes Away After Cop In Charge Left It In The Car For Over Six Hours

Aug 30, 2018 by apost team

A police dog has passed away due to the negligence of the officer in charge of him. The police officer, named David Hurt, left his partner, a Labrador retriever named Turbo, in his car for a long period of time estimated to be around six hours. In the six-hour span, Hurt neglected to check on the dog even once. The temperature that day reached a high of 94 degrees Fahrenheit, very dangerous conditions for dogs stuck in a hot car. Although the story is completely heartbreaking, thankfully the handler of the police dog has now been banned from working with further canine companions.

When Officer Hurt finally got back to his vehicle after six hours, he found that his dog Turbo was not only foaming at the mouth but hardly moving and extremely listless. Although Hurt rushed to get his dog to the veterinarian's office, Turbo’s organs were shutting down and he had to be put to sleep in order to avoid any more pain as a result of the officer’s negligence.

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Hurt’s reasoning for leaving the dog in the car was that he was participating in gun training exercises in South Carolina. Other officers had their dogs with them in their vehicles but had checked on them regularly in order to ensure their safety.

Skip Holbrook, the police chief in Columbia, maintains that Hurt only returned to his vehicle to see if the dog was okay after the six-hour training had completed. Although Hurt had left his windows of the vehicle rolled down with the air conditioner on, it wasn’t enough for Turbo.

Hurt had disabled an alarm for heat conditions inside the vehicle. Holbrook believes this was a grave mistake that the officer will regret deeply for the rest of his life.

While the investigation was ongoing, Hurt was only suspended for a period of five days. As consequences for his actions, he was removed from the bomb squad and is no longer allowed to work with animals on the force.

Even though Hurt’s actions caused the death of his dog, prosecutors found that through his bad judgment, he had not committed any crimes and will not face any charges.

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