that copper..............

[watchman 256]

who left the dogs to die in his motor just got a 3 year ban from keeping dogs,worthy sentence or not??

[hullhunter 219]

NO. a kid who i know got a 10 year ban from keeping any animals , a 1000 fine and 100 hours community service for docking his dogs tails.

[mackem 29,022]

Seeing as it was his SECOND offence regarding frying dogs,AND he obviously has a screw loose somewhere because he tried to commit suicide for either a sympathy vote or a smoke-and-mirrors distraction from his canine killing actions,I think he got off very,very lightly,but then again,he is a copper.

[watchman 256]

Seeing as it was his SECOND offence regarding frying dogs,AND he obviously has a screw loose somewhere because he tried to commit suicide for either a sympathy vote or a smoke-and-mirrors distraction from his canine killing actions,I think he got off very,very lightly,but then again,he is a copper.

[mackem 29,022]

Seeing as it was his SECOND offence regarding frying dogs

Fool me once shame on you,fool me TWICE shame on ME,second offence so he is either terminally stupid OR just doesnt give a flying-f*ck,and this is a copper,protector of the people.

[LUMPHAMMER 324]

He cant evan look after dog's the stupid prat,so why the fcuk his a police officer i dont know.

[mackem 29,022]

Sergeant banned over police dog deaths

 

By Tim Moynihan

 

 

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

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Former police dog handler Ian Craven was banned from owning or keeping dogs for three years today after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to two dogs which died in his car during hot weather in June.

 

 

 

 

 

The 50-year-old from Staines was told by District Judge Daphne Wickham at Westminster Magistrates' Court: "I accept it has brought your illustrious career as a sergeant to an end, it may have damaged your wife's career and your reputation with all those around you, and that in itself is a punishment."

 

 

He was also ordered to pay £3,240 costs.

 

 

 

 

The charges related to an incident on June 26 in which a German Shepherd puppy and a Malinois type dog died in a vehicle outside the Metropolitan Police dog training centre in Layhams Road, Keston, Kent.

 

 

The judge was told that Craven had been involved in a similar event in July 2004 when a young spaniel died in a vehicle.

 

 

Prosecutor Andrew Wiles said Craven underwent an internal investigation and pleaded guilty to offences detailed in the code of conduct for police officers and was reprimanded.

 

 

"In that incident there was another dog, a young spaniel, which he again left in the rear of his vehicle," said Mr Wiles.

 

 

It was also at the dog training centre and was found to have died of heat exhaustion, he added.

 

 

 

 

 

In the case before the court, both dogs were owned by the Metropolitan Police, and were potentially breeding dogs rather than working dogs, Mr Wiles said.

 

 

Craven was a sergeant employed by the Met, based at the dog training establishment in Keston.

 

 

At about 7am on a Sunday he arrived there in his own private vehicle, with the dogs in the back in a plastic cage.

 

 

He parked in front of the main building, in an area with no shade - he would normally have parked in the kennel compound.

 

 

"The dogs were left in the vehicle, the windows were closed, there was no ventilation, no water left for the dogs, and the vehicle was locked."

 

 

At 7.45am he departed with another officer in a police vehicle to the Olympic Village in Stratford, east London, where they were to undertake tests of dogs working for a private security firm.

 

 

At 11.30am his colleague advised another handler that he place his dog in the shade, and Craven started swearing and running up the road, using his mobile phone.

 

 

"He was pursued by his colleague, who said he appeared to be in a panic, he was pacing up and down, and heard to say 'I've killed my dogs'."

 

 

He then told his colleague that he had left his dogs confined in the vehicle all morning.

 

 

 

 

The two police officers got back into the vehicle and headed back towards Keston, while Craven contacted a colleague who lived nearby.

 

 

While the vehicle was travelling at a slow speed, Craven jumped out to run away, Mr Wiles said.

 

 

"It seems he was subsequently taken into hospital, and sectioned under the Mental Health Act," Mr Wiles said.

 

 

Kennel staff broke into the car but the dogs both later died despite hours of efforts to save them. One of them was put down as it was about to die.

 

 

Mr Wiles said temperatures that day went from 16.1C (61F) at 7am to 22.2C (72F) by 11am, and those were in the shade.

 

 

Craven gave a statement in which he said he forgot that the dogs were in the vehicle, Mr Wiles said.

 

 

He had resigned from the Met and was no longer a serving officer.

 

PA

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sergeant-banned-over-police-dog-deaths-2369441.html

[mackem 29,022]

swearing

.........

panic

........

Mental

Small wonder he made it to Sergeant,just surprised he didnt head New Scotland Yard itself with those attributes.

[gnasher16 30,745]

Allow dogs to do what they were bred for and love to do......and you face jail and life bans.

 

Allow dogs to die a slow painful death through your own neglect and you get a little 3 year ban...............worthy sentance my arse !

[Bulldogman 55]

terminally stupid = copper in most cases....

[old timer123 367]

NO. a kid who i know got a 10 year ban from keeping any animals , a 1000 fine and 100 hours community service for docking his dogs tails.

your fecking joking pal

[PeakOil 352]

Not the first time the filth have got away with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

 

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23714783-two-police-dogs-die-in-hot-cars.do

 

Two police dogs died in the heatwave after being left in a car by their handler.

The german shepherds, which had been donated to Nottinghamshire Police, were found dead outside the force's headquarters.

It is believed their handler was not on duty and called into the offices leaving the dogs to over-heat. It is unclear how long the animals had been left in the car in Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, on Tuesday where temperatures reached 28C. The RSPCA said temperatures inside the car could have been 47C.

The dogs were donated to carry out police work, including tracking down criminals and providing security. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it received a referral from the force and is deciding whether to launch an inquiry. The RSPCA is investigating. Nottinghamshire Police said: “We endeavour to take every measure possible to ensure their [police animals'] well-being and safety.”

The maximum sentence for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal is six months in jail and a £20,000 fine.

The handler has not been suspended.

[mackem 29,022]

Theres just been a copper sacked,he was on the switchboard answering 999 calls,over the course of 3 months back in 2009(took this long to sack him???) taking calls as varied as Rape,suspected armed robbery,assault etc the plum was found to have behaved innapropriately on at least 140+ occassions,at times putting down the phone on a caller,at times altering their phone number and on 19 occassions at least totally failed to provide a response,should have thrown the book at him instead of just sacking him.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/25/999-calls-met-officer-sacked?newsfeed=true

[forest of dean redneck 11,896]

they always look after their own mackem.

[mackem 29,022]

they always look after their own

The guys involved in the rioting from a few months ago have been fast-tracked and imprisoned,this plod who repeatedly put peoples lives in danger through inaction and downright vindictive responses despite the fact his received calls will have been recorded has taken 3 years to bring to "Justice"??