US officer charged after two police dogs die in hot patrol car

A K-9 handler in Salem County, New Jersey has been criminally charged following the deaths of two police dogs who were left locked in a hot patrol vehicle for approximately seven hours. Officer Cody Henderson allegedly left the dogs, Rip and Boomer, in his car with the engine off and inadequate ventilation on a day when temperatures reached 81 degrees Fahrenheit on May 29th. The community mourned the loss of the four-year-old narcotics detection dog and six-year-old bomb detection dog for several months before charges were finally filed.