Georgia dog dies after being left in hot cruiser with malfunctioning AC, handler fired
By: | Published: 2025-07-17 14:04:00 | Source: www.police1.com
By David Matthews
New York Daily News
DADE COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was fired this week after a police dog was left in a hot car for too long and died.
The Dade County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that a K-9 officer, a bloodhound named Georgia, was allegedly left in a closed patrol car with a malfunctioning air conditioner on Sunday while the heat index was over 100 degrees. Meanwhile, her handler was inside the sheriff’s office in Trenton for an undisclosed amount of time and the vehicle’s heat alarm didn’t go off.
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“Those two factors, coupled with K-9 Georgia being left unattended for what we considered to be an unacceptable amount of time, contributed…
