Increase sentence on Mills Police officers responsible for K9 Officer's death.
6‑5‑211.Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties.
(a)Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for restitution by order of a court and shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(b)As used in this section:
(i)"Police dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or corrections agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or apprehension of offenders;
While we do not believe officers willingly killed the K9 unit we believe they knowingly left Nyx in a life threatening situation which resulted in his death.
We the people of Natrona County.
Updates
August 23, 2014
The details regarding the death of K9 Officer Nyx remain deeply troubling to everyone following this case. I am currently researching the procedural steps required to formally request that the district attorney reconsider these charges under the appropriate felony statute.
August 23, 2014
The momentum behind this effort has grown significantly in recent days. Your continued engagement demonstrates a shared commitment to ensuring that the legal consequences reflect the gravity of the loss of K9 Officer Nyx.
Reached 100 supporters
August 23, 2014
8 Comments
JUSTICE FOR NYX!! dont let them walk away from this like it was nothing.
forgetting a dog is one thing but 6 hours is straight up malice. someone needs to answer for this poor dog dying in that heat.
6 hours?? That is pure negligence. Those officers should lose their jobs not just get a slap on the wrist. RIP Nyx.
Are just going to ignore the words in the statute? You know, the willful portion! You have to have all three, knowingly, willfully, and without lawful cause or justification for the statute to apply. If it could proving the officer had the intent to kill the dog by leaving it in the car then it would be willful. With no intent the statute doesn't apply! The petition is a waste of time.
Let's have justice for the k9 dog and all of the dogs that are abused every day cuz their owners are to lazy to play with them love them etc
disgusting!
disgusting!
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Increase sentence on Mills Police officers responsible for K9 Officer's death.
6‑5‑211.Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties.
(a)Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for restitution by order of a court and shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(b)As used in this section:
(i)"Police dog" means any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or corrections agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or apprehension of offenders;
While we do not believe officers willingly killed the K9 unit we believe they knowingly left Nyx in a life threatening situation which resulted in his death.
We the people of Natrona County.
Updates
August 23, 2014
The details regarding the death of K9 Officer Nyx remain deeply troubling to everyone following this case. I am currently researching the procedural steps required to formally request that the district attorney reconsider these charges under the appropriate felony statute.
August 23, 2014
The momentum behind this effort has grown significantly in recent days. Your continued engagement demonstrates a shared commitment to ensuring that the legal consequences reflect the gravity of the loss of K9 Officer Nyx.
Reached 100 supporters
August 23, 2014
8 Comments
If a normal person did this they would be in prison. Why do cops get a pass when they kill a K9? Sickening behavior.
JUSTICE FOR NYX!! dont let them walk away from this like it was nothing.
forgetting a dog is one thing but 6 hours is straight up malice. someone needs to answer for this poor dog dying in that heat.
6 hours?? That is pure negligence. Those officers should lose their jobs not just get a slap on the wrist. RIP Nyx.
Are just going to ignore the words in the statute? You know, the willful portion! You have to have all three, knowingly, willfully, and without lawful cause or justification for the statute to apply. If it could proving the officer had the intent to kill the dog by leaving it in the car then it would be willful. With no intent the statute doesn't apply! The petition is a waste of time.
Let's have justice for the k9 dog and all of the dogs that are abused every day cuz their owners are to lazy to play with them love them etc
disgusting!
disgusting!
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If a normal person did this they would be in prison. Why do cops get a pass when they kill a K9? Sickening behavior.