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 | | Barked: Tue Jun 10, '08 12:54pm PST | |  | |  | | Thanks to Deanna, Jezzie & Bruti's mom, this has been brought to national attention.
The link below will take you to the page on "FOR THE LOVE OF A DOG" site. The petition STILL NEEDS signatures, and the story in Black & White makes us SEE RED.
You do NOT have to view the video in order to act.
We would appreciate your support. This officer, guilty of abuse of HIS OWN K9 partner, a Belgian Malinois, is expected to regain his job..
ACTING HERE WILL HELP PREVENT THAT TRAVESTY. HE DOES NOT DESERVE HIS JOB, HE DESERVES TO BE PROSECUTED FOR ANIMAL ABUSE.
THANK YOU.
Love, angel mica, mirra, the purple girls of oregon and mel, their mom
http://petloverstips.com/ForTheLoveoftheDog/news-updates/ju dge-rules-reinstate-nc-
trooper-charles-jones-call-to-action#more-1 603
Judge Rules; Reinstate NC Trooper Charles Jones - Call to Action!
Posted on 2008 under Companion & Service Dogs, Crimes Against Canines, Just Sad  , Laws
& Legislation, News & Updates, Torture, Video |
6 June
Sgt. Charles Jones show hanging and kicking K-9 partnerIt is totally incomprehensible to me
that anyone could possibly recommend that NC Trooper Charles Jones be reinstated after
viewing the violent abuse against his K-9 that was videotaped! Not only reinstated, but have
his back wages and lawyer’s fees paid!
Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison, who handed down the recommendation, stated that
Jones was fired without the incident being properly investigated. How the hell much
investigation does it take to look at a videotape and see that this trooper’s disciplinary
method was violent and abusive? What kind of an excuse can someone give for doing
something like that that would make it acceptable?
State employees are not allowed to be fired or demoted unless there is just cause, and the
stateSgt. Charles Jones must be able to prove that there is just cause in each case. In his
ruling, Judge Morrison said that the burden of proof was not met and that Jones was making
“a good faith training effort to make Ricoh release.” (News 14)
Good faith training effort?!?!? Hanging, kicking and beating the dog is a “good faith training
effort”?
Testimony also included troopers saying training methods included whatever worked with
their dogs, including: choke collars, stun guns, sticks, cans filled with rocks, Alpha Rolls,
windmilling, helicoptering, tying-off, tethering, lifting-up. They seemed to believe all these to
be acceptable ‘training methods’.
Lt. Everett Clendenin, a spokesman for the Patrol, said the agency will likely contest the
judge’s ruling. Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary Bryan Beatty still believes Jones
should have been fired.
“We’re surprised. We believe this agency did the right thing, based on the investigation,
based on the video. “And we stand by that decision that we made,” spokesman Lt. Everett
Clendenin said Thursday.
In September on 2007, Sgt Charles Jones was fired from his position after he was
videotaped on August 8, 2006, hanging and kicking his K-9 partner, a 9 year old Belgian
Malinois, because he would not drop a toy. This was after he had ‘helicoptored’ the dog, a
technique in which a dog is swung off the ground by his leash.
“Dog experts say trooper Jones’ conduct was completely unacceptable,” Easley said Thursday
following the judge’s decision. “If the state has to resort to that level of cruelty to train dogs
demonstrated in the video by trooper Jones, then they will simply not be in the dog
business.”
At this point the judge’s ruling is just a recommendation and will be reviewed by the Office of
State Personnel, which can reject, modify or agree with the decision.
Jones originally faced a three-day suspension, based on the first video. But patrol Captain
Ken Castelloe, who was Internal Affairs director at the time, said he recommended firing
Jones after reviewing the second video. He said it showed that Jones’ actions were more
egregious because he left the dog hanging after it had released the toy.
Bryan Beatty, secretary of the state Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, testified
that Jones was fired only after a careful review.
Disturbed by evidence that some troopers thought kicking a dog was acceptable training and
that testimony about “abusing dogs to get compliance” was inconsistent with an independent
review of the K-9 program, Beatty, suspended K-9 operations following testimony from
Jones’ hearing.
Morrison also said, “My final conclusion is that the State of North Carolina forego the future
use of dogs such as Ricoh for law enforcement purposes, unless it purchases fully trained
canines to be handled by fully trained troopers who are given specific written compliance
techniques.”
You can watch the video clip below - WARNING - it may disturb some viewers
[Click to play video] NC Trooper Abuses K-9 Partner
Public opinion has run high regarding this case with an extreme majority in favor of the
firing of the trooper and many feeling that not only should the trooper be fired but also face
criminal prosecution for animal abuse.
The PETITION calling for Justice for K-9 officers and prosecution for Jones has almost 1000
signatures, some of them recent as yesterday after the ruling was handed down. Needless to
say, people are not pleased!!
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
You can show your displeasure by writing, calling and emailing. Be polite and courteous but
let the Judge, Governor and Officers of NC law enforcement know that you are displeased
with the ruling and in favor of keeping Jones off the force. The judge’s ruling is NOT FINAL! It
has yet to be reviewed by the Office of State Personnel, which can reject, modify or agree
with the decision.
WRITE or CALL NOW!
Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison, NC Office of Administrative Hearings
(919) 733-2691
Governor Mike Easley — In favor of the firing
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/email.asp?to=1 or governor.office@ncmail.net
(919) 733-4240 or (919) 733-5811
Crime Control and Public Safety Secretary Bryan Beatty — In favor of the firing
(919) 733-2126 or http://www.nccrimecontrol.org/ContactUs.cfm and choose Office of the
Secretary in the dropdown
Captain Ken Castelloe, NC State Highway Patrol – Supported firing (not after seeing the first
video, which is absurd, but after watching the second video), but makes way too many
excuses for the perp officer
(919) 733-7952
Public Information Officer Lt. Everett Clendenin
(919) 733-5027
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