This petition supports full prosecution for Sgt. Charles L. Jones, a 12 year veteran of the Raliegh, North Carolina Highway Patrol who was caught recently on video "hanging and beating" his K9 police dog named Ricoh. It has been reported that Sgt. Jones was IN CHARGE of the K9 Training Unit! The "defense" calls the beating this dog took a "training session, " but we are wondering just what is he trying to teach the dog utilizing these brutal methods? Notice in this vid, he has "hung" the dog by his neck where his feet are barely touching the ground, and when he is through kicking the dog repeatedly, he walks away and leaves the dog hanging there for GOD only knows how long! See the video here:
Amazingly, fellow officers are coming to his defense alleging that the "training methods" employed as seen in the video are "acceptable" methods for police dog training. However, distribution of this vid has drawn outrage from all across America, including that of other police dog trainers and handlers who believe that "training methods" such as this are by NO MEANS acceptable. We DO NOT believe there is ANY justification for this type of treatment of any animal, let alone a police dog who is supposed to be the officers "best friend and companion." It is a FELONY in NC to abuse a law enforcement animal and we are pushing for FELONY prosecution. We feel it is particularly important to fully prosecute this case to set an example and to show those other officers and K9 handlers who think it is Ok to treat their dogs like this that it IS NOT OK to do so. The K9 police and trainers of the world are watching this case as will set a precident so we are hoping the courts, the DA, the Administrative Law Judge and the NC Highway Patrol do the right thing and make an example of Sgt. Charles L. Jones' mistreatment of his animal. If not, it will be like giving a "green light" to all K9 police officers & trainers to abuse their dogs. We believe there is NEVER a good reason to condone animal abuse, cruelty or neglect, even and ESPECIALLY for our law enforcement officials who most look to as shinning examples of good and / or moral & acceptable behavior. All of these officals listed below are familiar with this case and are actively involved in it. Here are the numbers to call:
1. NC Gov. Mike Easley: This is the one that ordered Sgt. Jones FIRED so be sure and thank his office when you call or email him at: Governor.Office@NCMail.Net or call (919) 733-5811 or (919) 733-4240
2. Administrative Law Judge FRED MORRISON, NC State Office of Administrative Hearings; Fred.Morrison@NCMail.Net or (919) 733-2691 or (919) 733-2698
3. NC / Wake County District Attorney L Smith, email: LSmith@Co.Wake.NC.US or call (919) 755-4117
4. NC Bureau of Investigations, Special Agent MARSHALL TUCKER, at (919) 571-4850
5. NC Highway Patrol, Troop C Div. III / Lt. Col CECIL LOCKLEY, this Sgt. Jones boss who "regrets' firing Sgt. Jones and has stated his belief that the "training methods" employed as shown in the video are "acceptable!" Contact him with you thoughts at (919) 733-7952 and/or write to the NCHP division public information department at NCSHP.Org
We MUST NOT let this case "go quiety away" as is an important matter to ALL K9 dogs everywhere. Here is a link to another petition for another case of K9 Police Dog Abused by his handler in GA, so you can see it is NOT just a regional problem:
MORE OPEN CASES OF POLICE K9 ABUSE BY THEIR HANDLERS Please help by signing these peitions too!
Oh almighty God, whose great power and eternal wisdom embraces the universe, watch over my handler while I sleep. Protect my handler from harm while I am unable to do so. I pray, help keep our streets and homes safe while my handler and I rest. I ask for your loving care because my handler's duty is dangerous. Grant my handler your unending strength and courage in our daily assignments. Dear God, protect my brave handler, grant your almighty protection, unite my handler safely with the family after the tour of duty has ended. I ask nothing for myself. Amen.
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This petition supports full prosecution for Sgt. Charles L. Jones, a 12 year veteran of the Raliegh, North Carolina Highway Patrol who was caught recently on video "hanging and beating" his K9 police dog named Ricoh. It has been reported that Sgt. Jones was IN CHARGE of the K9 Training Unit! The "defense" calls the beating this dog took a "training session, " but we are wondering just what is he trying to teach the dog utilizing these brutal methods? Notice in this vid, he has "hung" the dog by his neck where his feet are barely touching the ground, and when he is through kicking the dog repeatedly, he walks away and leaves the dog hanging there for GOD only knows how long! See the video here:
Amazingly, fellow officers are coming to his defense alleging that the "training methods" employed as seen in the video are "acceptable" methods for police dog training. However, distribution of this vid has drawn outrage from all across America, including that of other police dog trainers and handlers who believe that "training methods" such as this are by NO MEANS acceptable. We DO NOT believe there is ANY justification for this type of treatment of any animal, let alone a police dog who is supposed to be the officers "best friend and companion." It is a FELONY in NC to abuse a law enforcement animal and we are pushing for FELONY prosecution. We feel it is particularly important to fully prosecute this case to set an example and to show those other officers and K9 handlers who think it is Ok to treat their dogs like this that it IS NOT OK to do so. The K9 police and trainers of the world are watching this case as will set a precident so we are hoping the courts, the DA, the Administrative Law Judge and the NC Highway Patrol do the right thing and make an example of Sgt. Charles L. Jones' mistreatment of his animal. If not, it will be like giving a "green light" to all K9 police officers & trainers to abuse their dogs. We believe there is NEVER a good reason to condone animal abuse, cruelty or neglect, even and ESPECIALLY for our law enforcement officials who most look to as shinning examples of good and / or moral & acceptable behavior. All of these officals listed below are familiar with this case and are actively involved in it. Here are the numbers to call:
1. NC Gov. Mike Easley: This is the one that ordered Sgt. Jones FIRED so be sure and thank his office when you call or email him at: Governor.Office@NCMail.Net or call (919) 733-5811 or (919) 733-4240
2. Administrative Law Judge FRED MORRISON, NC State Office of Administrative Hearings; Fred.Morrison@NCMail.Net or (919) 733-2691 or (919) 733-2698
3. NC / Wake County District Attorney L Smith, email: LSmith@Co.Wake.NC.US or call (919) 755-4117
4. NC Bureau of Investigations, Special Agent MARSHALL TUCKER, at (919) 571-4850
5. NC Highway Patrol, Troop C Div. III / Lt. Col CECIL LOCKLEY, this Sgt. Jones boss who "regrets' firing Sgt. Jones and has stated his belief that the "training methods" employed as shown in the video are "acceptable!" Contact him with you thoughts at (919) 733-7952 and/or write to the NCHP division public information department at NCSHP.Org
We MUST NOT let this case "go quiety away" as is an important matter to ALL K9 dogs everywhere. Here is a link to another petition for another case of K9 Police Dog Abused by his handler in GA, so you can see it is NOT just a regional problem:
MORE OPEN CASES OF POLICE K9 ABUSE BY THEIR HANDLERS Please help by signing these peitions too!
Oh almighty God, whose great power and eternal wisdom embraces the universe, watch over my handler while I sleep. Protect my handler from harm while I am unable to do so. I pray, help keep our streets and homes safe while my handler and I rest. I ask for your loving care because my handler's duty is dangerous. Grant my handler your unending strength and courage in our daily assignments. Dear God, protect my brave handler, grant your almighty protection, unite my handler safely with the family after the tour of duty has ended. I ask nothing for myself. Amen.
We signed the "JUSTICE FOR K9 DOGS & FULL PROSECUTION FOR SGT. CHARLES L. JONES" petition!
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10:50 pm PDT, Oct 29,Mark Sousa, California
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6:05 pm PDT, Sep 22,Name not displayed, Texas
You need to be beaten and hanged!! , let's hope that happens!!
# 1,304:
3:21 pm PDT, Sep 22,Clara Shipp, Texas
This is absolutely unacceptable. Too many people are getting off too easy these days when it comes to animal cruelty. I think it should be treated just as any other abuse case against a living being. Jail time should be served, fines should be paid, and much additional action should be taken against these sick and evil people. Animals depend on US for their safety, protection, and needs. WE are their VOICE...because they are not able to have their own. Put pathetic people like this away for a long time so that this does not happen again!
# 1,303:
7:52 am PDT, Sep 9,Norma Reber, Wisconsin
I wish that there was more prosecutions in all of these cruel acts of the helpless animals
# 1,302:
8:43 pm PDT, Jul 26,David Alsup, California
Charles L. Jones is unfit for duty as a sworn officer. His actions stain the good name of the people of North Carolina, the sooner he is prosecuted on a felony warrant the better.
On a personal note, Jones - your a PUNK.
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11:36 am PDT, Jul 26,Agnieszka Stepaniuk, Poland
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11:42 am PDT, Jul 25,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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4:53 am PDT, Jul 19,Randy Sexton, Kentucky
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3:14 pm PDT, Jul 9,Name not displayed, North Carolina
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7:02 am PDT, Jul 8,Kelly Kaveney, North Carolina
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3:08 pm PDT, Jul 7,Herman Edwards, North Carolina
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9:13 am PDT, Jul 7,Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 1,294:
7:49 am PDT, Jul 7,Kimberly Labow, North Carolina
This is purely atrocious behavior. On par with Michael Vick. Sgt. Jones belongs in jail.
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7:46 am PDT, Jul 7,Name not displayed, North Carolina
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6:19 am PDT, Jul 7,Jenelle King, North Carolina
I can't believe Sgt. Jones is still allowed to be a state employee. Our taxes are paying for his employment. Anyone this cruel should not be interacting with the public, let alone "protecting" us.
# 1,291:
3:18 am PDT, Jul 7,Franklin Sandria-Gutierrez, North Carolina
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5:24 pm PDT, Jul 6,Name not displayed, North Carolina
No animal should be treated in a way that would harm it or cause it to someday harm a child or other human.
# 1,289:
4:48 pm PDT, Jul 6,Courtney Baird, North Carolina
Please don't let this type of abuse be tolerated. We need to stick up for those who don't have a voice whether it be people that are weaker than us, animals, children... this isn't a form of training, it is abuse!!!!!
# 1,288:
2:31 am PDT, Jul 3,A Mathieson, United Kingdom
This man should be put in jail for the rest of his life for what he did to that dog. He should lose his pension, his job and his freedom. Animals bleed and feel pain just like humans, only they cannot defend themselves against animals like him. He is the lowest of the low and should be punished for his despicable cruelty. Why do his colleagues defend him - they are just the same as him. Clean up your act and get officers who respect animals especially the German Shepherd Dog, the most intelligent of all dogs in the world and a breed who would give up its life for its owner. I hope he suffers for the rest of his life for his cruelty. Yours sincerely Aileen
# 1,287:
7:50 pm PDT, Jul 2,Name not displayed, West Virginia
i own and train a GSD and my boyfriend is a K9 officer. neither of us would EVER use a method like this
# 1,286:
12:56 pm PDT, Jun 23,Name not displayed, North Carolina
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7:46 pm PDT, Jun 11,Name not displayed, North Carolina
I was taught by my strict parents to respect police personnel. Police Sgt. Jones' beating of the Malnois,plus the hanging and beating (what form of life created these practices and how many dogs have died -- or are never the same after their "routine beatings and hangings?" The practices reveal a sadistic use of power plus cruelty and a total lack of respect of a life form, a dog -- helpless at his "master's" hand. It's so disgusting, so obviously sheer power against an animal who can't fight back -- and everyone does nothing. God Almighty, Jones is revealing "standard police procedure" and no one's doing a darn thing about it. We are doomed as a civilization unless we protect the defenseless. He's reinstated -- of course, he'll do the same thing again. Why wouldn't he?
# 1,284:
5:54 pm PDT, Jun 11,Sandra Crawford, North Carolina
I think it is appalling that this type of "training method" would be considered acceptable. These dogs deserve so much better. Officer Jones should be arrested for animal cruelty and never allowed to be around animals again.
# 1,283:
3:18 pm PDT, Jun 11,Bonnie Hundley, Tennessee
That is *NOT* dog training, nor correction! That's an individual with a psychological abnormality that needs mental help. Given that this individual's inappropriate deranged behavior is clearly public knowledge, it would be in SERIOUSLY POOR taste and judgment to put this person back on the job! Since he's clearly psychologically incapable of proper dog training, he is unfit to be a police officer.
# 1,282:
10:33 am PDT, Jun 1,Brenda Hixenbaugh, Montana
I don't care what he said was his training, he is old enough to know right from wrong and humanity (if he has any ~ questionable~ should have told him that he doesn't treat another living creature ( what alone betrayal of a partner ) like that.
# 1,281:
2:00 am PDT, May 25,Katrin Finsterbusch, Germany
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6:43 pm PDT, May 24,Caren Corkins, Texas
This pathetic excuse for a human gives a bad name to law enforcement officers across the globe. There is absolutely no excuse for this type of action - not one single bit of justification. As a dog handler myself I am appalled at this brutality as anyone should be. Prosecute this idiot to the full extent of the law - and his fellow "officers" as well for watching and condoning this savagery.
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10:51 am PDT, May 9,Carolina Martinez, Spain
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7:45 am PDT, May 9,Norberto velez Robles, Puerto Rico
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9:07 pm PDT, Apr 29,Bob Halvorson, Minnesota
that is just disturbing!
# 1,276:
1:14 pm PDT, Apr 18,L. Barillaro, California
I first saw this video on youtube and thought it had to be fake. No officer of the law could possibly be this crude, brutal, sadistic, and full of hate. But it's not fake, it's real, and I am heartbroken that some say this is normal behavior in K9 training. Needless to say, I support this petition.
# 1,275:
10:42 am PDT, Apr 18,Vicki Hood, Oregon
Torture should never be condoned. What horrors in our legal system. Prosecution please or those with the power to do so have failed at their job.
# 1,274:
6:16 am PDT, Apr 18,Angelique Mason, California
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5:51 am PDT, Apr 15,Sue Marston, California
There has to be an example set here. This cruel, obnoxious behavior widespread in law enforcement, the military, Schutzhund, dog shows, dog "training" academies, etc. - see www.Stoplynching.com
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1:50 am PDT, Mar 29,Sieber Viviane, Switzerland
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3:53 am PDT, Mar 19,Filomena Pereira, United Kingdom
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9:34 am PDT, Mar 12,Anthony Hill, North Carolina
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9:32 am PDT, Mar 12,Michelle Stogner, North Carolina
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6:27 am PDT, Mar 8,Brenda Hervet, Ohio
# 1,267:
12:12 pm PST, Mar 7,Melissa Rochester, Ohio
This is wrong. He should not get his job back and he should be punished for the abuse of a police officer. Animal abuse is not training.... It is ABUSE and needs to be stopped.
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11:12 am PST, Mar 7,Shelley Boyett, Ohio
This is SOOOOOOOO wrong, my son is a dog trainer and he is in the Army. There is no way this is acceptable treatment of a K-9 dog and there is no way this person should be reinstated or allowed to handle or train dogs ever again.
# 1,265:
10:45 am PST, Mar 7,David Boyett, Ohio
First off I am a military working dog handler and I have worked with a lot of civilian police agencies k9 program doing joint training and of all of the civilian handlers that I have interacted with they seem to think the we on the military side of the k9 world are “heavy handed” but I have been doing this for 3 years now and never in my life have I kicked my dog or abused him in such a manner. I admit sometimes ill give him a little nudge with my foot if is rear end isn’t exactly where it should be on a heal but never anything to the point of the dog even being closed to being “kicked” there are many different types of handlers out there and there are many different training methods applied to police dogs but no where in any manual or training video or military regulation does it sanction animal abuse such as was shown in this video. I am shocked by the way this trooper treated the animal that’s only purpose in life is to protect him and his fellow officers and the community, in my time as a handler I have come across very few, I would say less than 1 percent, of handlers that don’t genuinely love their dog like a family member. And for me to see this really breaks my heart. What ever happened to the basics of dog handling; when a dog doesn’t do the required task properly the most seen method of correction is “command, avoidance, escape” am I correct? I have seen people use positive and negative reinforcement, and even old school handlers use what they called compulsion, but never anything like this. that was 100% uncalled for and just plain wrong. Im going to forward this video to the people in our school house and hopefully one of the fine master trainers there will help rectify this problem, I would be happy if this man ended up in jail. Here’s a question what happens when a suspect assaults a civilian police dog? Because in my world that’s considered assaulting a police officer, and the perpetrator will be prosecuted accordingly. If any one has any information on where I should send our letters or emails please let me know again this is a horrible crime and should be seen like that to all who have ever worked a dog, and all who show the fine men and women of the law enforcement community any respect.
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8:46 pm PST, Mar 4,Hugh daniel Gilbert, North Carolina
heloo,
my name is hugh d. gilbert and i live in kannapolis nc, and i came across this video and i went numb, i just wanted to say i hope he loses everything he has worked for because that is noway for someone to treat a loyal animal he should have his ass kicked. thank you for your time hugh
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11:11 am PST, Feb 16,Damian Mc carthy, Ireland
This man should be put on trial ... I was sickend at what he did to that Dog ... hang him ...
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9:38 am PST, Feb 16,Sue Hawkins, Canada
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11:40 am PST, Feb 15,Scott Coleman, Arkansas
Not only do I think he should have been fired, but I think they should put a choke collar on him hang him from a loading dock high enough that he has to tip toe and kick the crap out of him repeatedly.....Also they should imprison him in general population for breaking laws from almost every state in the union ....
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5:48 am PST, Feb 3,Name not displayed, Florida
He should be put on trial for abuse!
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4:53 pm PST, Jan 28,Joe Nell Bennett, Florida
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3:13 pm PST, Jan 28,Carol Pratt, Florida
I am 69 years old and have been involved with dog training for most of my life. All of the books written on the subject (that I'm aware of) stress the "reward" method. Sgt. Jones' method is from the "dark ages". Please tell him to go to the library or a book store and get an updated version on dog training. Better yet get him out of the K-9 unit!
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2:56 pm PST, Jan 28,Faye Andrews, North Carolina
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1:00 pm PST, Jan 28,Name not displayed, Florida
# 1,254:
9:59 am PST, Jan 28,Lisa Lewis, North Carolina
This man should be hung by a rope and beaten the way he did Ricoh.
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5:51 am PST, Jan 28,Dee Jones, Louisiana
# 1,252:
10:04 pm PST, Jan 27,Adrianne Marcus, California
This is not training; it is punishment inappropriate to the behavior of any animal. Adrianne Marcus
# 1,251:
9:34 pm PST, Jan 27,Fran Claggett, California
Anyone who knows anything about dog training knows that you don't beat a dog to train it. This a abuse, plain and simple, and the perpetrator needs to be punished to the full extent possible. Animal abuse is linked to human abuse; both are abhorent.
