Investigation continues into death of a Coalinga Police K9

COALINGA, Calif. (KFSN) -- An probe continues into the nonaccomplishment of a Coalinga Police Department K9.

Nitro was skilled and helped successful respective narcotics detection arrests.

He died Monday, and tonight, determination are questions astir what relation our unsafe vigor played and if capable is being done to support these animals.

The Coalinga Police Chief, says the probe is inactive ongoing.

Today, we learned that they person brought successful an extracurricular bureau to help.

As they enactment to find what led to his death, they besides privation to grant Nitro.

"It's a calamity losing a squad player, due to the fact that Nitro was portion of the family, portion of the team, truthful it's a large loss," said Coalinga Police Chief Jose Garza.

Nitro was fractional German Shepherd and fractional Belgian Malinois. He was recovered lethargic and successful his outdoor kennel aboriginal Monday morning.

His handler tried cooling him down, past rushed him to the exigency vet, wherever helium died.

Police are waiting for the necropsy to find the authoritative origin of death.

The effect to this communicative from our Action News viewers was overwhelming.

So galore of you took to our societal media posts to inquire however agelong the canine had been near extracurricular amid our unsafe vigor wave, and however helium could support chill successful his outdoor kennel.

We took those questions to the Chief and got this answer:

"I can't speech arsenic to the kennel, the time, the place, but I wanna guarantee the assemblage that we are doing the probe and waiting for the reports," said Chief Garza.

Department argumentation says canines are to beryllium kept outdoors but tin beryllium brought wrong to socialize.

A instrumentality enforcement adept says departments spot handlers to bash what's champion for their partner.

"Canine officers are charged with fundamentally maintaining their health. They indispensable person a tally for the dog, a spot for the canine to structure successful spot of thing cool," says Bruce Thomas, a instrumentality enforcement expert.

A study connected the decease volition apt instrumentality weeks to prepare.

The International Police K9 Association says that's normal.

"What I would inquire the assemblage is, delight beryllium patient," says Rob Havice, the president of the International Police Canine Association.

"Wait for the trial results to travel back. Let the section bash their investigation. They volition get to the bottommost of it and fig it out."

However, the Chief says determination could beryllium consequences.

He says, if the probe determines wrongdoing oregon negligence, tin the handler look punishment.

The main besides said that if the probe finds that they should update their K9 policies and procedures, they volition bash that.

Nitro volition beryllium honored successful the coming weeks, and the assemblage volition beryllium welcomed.

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