>On one of our local channels - on this evenings news - announced that the Cop >in the following story is being reinstated because what he did to train his >dog is no worse than other training methods used in training K9 by the state >police . . .. . THIS IS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they just waited >until public outrage died down . . . .This is North Carolina . . .Something >needs to be done. . . < ne Dog Kicking Cop: Reinstated with Back Pay? February 9, 2012 Posted by ADMIN in Dog News 29 comments Share2932 A police officer who was fired after being filmed repeatedly kicking his State Highway Patrol dog in September of 2007 is likely being reinstated â?? with full back pay. The North Carolina Court of Appeals agreed with prior State Personnel Commission and trial court rulings that Sgt. Charles Jones was unfairly dismissed, and ruled that he should be reinstated with back pay. Jones was fired after the video below was turned over to the Highway Patrol. Jones claimed that he was simply â??trainingâ?? Ricoh to obey commands. The departmentâ??s director of internal affairs agreed, but once the governorâ??s office saw the video, they had Jones fired. The 12-year veteran of the patrol can be seen in the video below kicking Ricoh repeatedly after lynching him. Ricoh hangs by his leash, with only his hind legs touching the ground as Jones kicks him at least five times, each time seemingly harder than the next. Jack Oâ??Hale, Jonesâ?? lawyer, said that Ricoh was simply being â??disciplinedâ?? in the manner in which Jones had been trained. â??These Highway Patrol canines are not house pets,â?? Oâ??Hale said. â??They are living, breathing weapons with teeth.â?? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================