Should harming a K9 officer be a federal crime? A nonprofit is pushing to make it that way.
A new law recently took effect in Tennessee making harming any first responder animal a class B felony. It now carries a sentence of 8-30 years behind bars. Before the law change, killing a law enforcement animal used to be treated the same as stealing, a class E felony.
She started the organization after the murder of K9 Baron in St. John’s County, Florida, and after learning canine units are some of the most expensive to run and can sometimes be the most underfunded. “We had an incident with an ATF canine. His vehicle had an electrical fire. He was trapped in the car. They finally got him out and the fire captain made the command decision for the canine to be transported by EMS and saved his life,” Johnson recalled.
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