And you thought taking joke photos of sedated kittens at Charlotte%u2019s animal shelter was a bad idea %u2026'' Sgt. Charles Jones, a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper who was fired for kicking his canine partner and lifting it off the ground by its neck, will get his job back. Why? A judge ruled that the %u201Ctechniques%u201D Jones used %u2014 now get this %u2014 are no worse than others used all the time by the K-9 unit. So, just how are those brave dogs %u201Ctrained%u201D? According to the judge, the Highway Patrol%u2019s %u201Cmethods%u201D include beating the dogs with sticks, whipping the dogs, and even using stun guns on them. Frankly, I don%u2019t want to hear any defense of those %u201Ctraining methods.%u201D Whatever you could say to justify the dogs%u2019 mistreatment, I simply don%u2019t care to hear it. There is no justification for it, even if the dog winds up catching Osama bin Laden. Animal cruelty is the province of (excuse my Southernness here) some of the sorriest assholes humanity can produce %u2014 whether they%u2019re %u201Cpeace officers%u201D or not. The state should put a stop to the K-9 Corps%u2019 practices, and if that%u2019s not possible, then dissolve the K-9 Corps and find another way to catch criminals, for Pete%u2019s sake. ''
Hold it right there, Fido.
It is called ''THE HANG EM HIGH CLUB'' .
RALEIGH A Highway Patrol trooper who kicked and hoisted his canine partner off the ground by its neck should be rehired to the job he lost after videos of the mistreatment surfaced, a judge ruled.
Superior Court Judge James Hardin Jr. ruled in an order signed Monday that former N.C. Highway Patrol Sgt. Charles Jones was improperly fired. Hardin said Jones also should recoup back pay and attorneys' fees.
Two 15-second video clips show the training coordinator for the agency's K-9 unit suspending his dog from a railing and kicking him to force him to drop a chew toy. Jones said he was training the dog to obey.
Hardin ruled that although Jones' actions were not among the training techniques specifically approved by the Highway Patrol, they were no worse that the agency's accepted methods.
Hardin said the Highway Patrol's dog training methods included whipping dogs, hitting them with sticks, and using choke collars and stun guns.
"All of these training techniques are extremely harsh and well beyond what an owner of a typical 'house' pet would use to discipline or train a 'family' dog," Hardin wrote.
"Canine handlers were taught to rule with an 'iron fist' as canines were 'weapons' which had to be under control."
The dog, named Ricoh, was not injured. The Belgian Malinois has since been retired.
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