Died 9\/19\/22<\/p>\n
DC police dog found dead inside K9 vehicle<\/p>\n
A bomb-sniffing dog with the District\u2019s bomb squad was found dead after being left unattended in a vehicle outside of headquarters in Northeast D.C. late Monday morning. D.C. police said in a news release that a 7-year old Malinois Shepherd named K9 Rocket was found dead by his handler \u201cinside of a marked MPD K9 vehicle.\u201d Police said that the vehicle had been parked and was idling in front of the bomb squad\u2019s headquarters in the 2800 block of New York Avenue. D.C. police sources familiar with the investigation told WTOP news partner NBC Washington that the dog was left in the car with the air conditioning running, but at some point, the air conditioner failed. It is unknown how long K9 Rocket had been left unattended inside of the police vehicle or whether the length of time follows police guidelines. Although Monday\u2019s temperatures in D.C. only reached the 80s, temperatures inside a sealed vehicle without air conditioning running can quickly become dangerous, even fatal to animals and children. Police vehicles that handle dogs are equipped with \u201chot pup\u201d devices that alert the dog\u2019s handler if temperatures rise to unsafe levels and, in some cases, lower the vehicle\u2019s windows automatically.In the news release, police say that \u201ca full inspection of the vehicle is being conducted to determine if the system malfunctioned.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 9\/19\/22 DC police dog found dead inside K9 vehicle A bomb-sniffing dog with the District\u2019s bomb squad was found dead after being left unattended in a vehicle outside of headquarters in Northeast D.C. late Monday morning. D.C. police said in a news release that a 7-year old Malinois Shepherd named K9 Rocket was found …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-12945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-wa-d-c"],"yoast_head":"\n