Dog locked in hot car
Brighton, CO (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Aug 30, 2008
County: Adams
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: woman
A Brighton woman was issued a summons for animal cruelty Aug. 30 after her dog was found left inside a hot car.
According to a police report, officers were called to the parking lot of Wal-Mart, 60 W. Bromley Lane, about 3:30 p.m. on a report of a dog in a vehicle. The responding officer noted the temperature at 86 degrees when he was called to the scene.
Witnesses at the scene led the officer to the car and estimated the animal was in the car for about an hour. The officer found the small black dog, possibly a Shih Tzu, sitting behind the driver's seat of the silver Mercedes SUV. The dog was responsive to the officer but panting.
One of the witnesses went inside the store to page the owner of the vehicle. A short time later, a young girl came out to unlock the vehicle and apologized to the officer for leaving the dog in the car. She said her aunt was still in the store and would be out when she finished checking out.
When the 28-year-old woman came out, she was, allegedly, argumentative. She told the officer the dog was "fine" and accused the officer of lying about how long it had been in the vehicle. She also told the officer her husband was a police officer in another jurisdiction.
The officer took the woman's driver's license to issue a summons, and she said she would leave without it. The officer reminded her she would be leaving without her driver's license.
After accepting her summonses for animal cruelty-neglect, the woman reminded the officer her husband was also a police officer. The responding officer told the woman she should have known better, as a police officer's spouse, than to leave a dog in a hot, unventilated car.
The woman then scolded the officer with, "How dare you throw that in my face." References« CO State Animal Cruelty Map
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