If Officer Korey Lankow takes a 4-1/2 hour course on animal-related laws and how to care for animals by Oct. 1, the misdemeanor animal neglect case pending against him will be dismissed, Greene said. Lankow must also pay a $200 fine.
"It's the same offer we would have extended to anyone else in a similar situation," Greene said.
According to Tucson Police Department reports, Lankow was driving a spare car the morning of July 11 because his Chevrolet Tahoe was being serviced. He moved his belongings between the vehicles, but left Jeg, a 7-year-old Belgian Malinois, behind.
After he had been on duty for a period of time he returned to headquarters to pick something up and realized Jeg was still in the first vehicle.
[Are you serious? You are a K9 Officer and you forget your K9? How is that possible? You are with the dog all day and take it home at night. I'm not buying this story. Lankow should be forced to get a tattoo of this dog on his chest, every day when he gets out of the shower and looks at himself in the mirror he'll be forced to think about the horrific death he caused his K9 partner.]
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Paramedics took the dog to a veterinary hospital where he was treated overnight, but DPS officials and veterinarians decided to euthanize Jeg the following day.
A necropsy showed Jeg "suffered from heat stress that caused trauma to his internal organs."
If Lankow had been convicted of the misdemeanor charge, he could have been placed on probation for up to three years or faced up to six months in jail and been ordered to pay a $2,500 fine, Greene said.
Lankow has returned to work but is not currently working with a dog. The DPS is still conducting an internal investigation, which is expected to last through the end of the year.
(Arizona Daily Star - Sept 8, 2012)
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