Arizona officer given 20-hour suspension in hot car death of his police K9
Maricopa police
and last updated 2021-02-10 20:19:32-05
MARICOPA, AZ â A Maricopa, Arizona, police officer was given a 20-hour suspension after the hot car death of his K9 partner.
According to a report from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, on June 26, 2020, Officer Craig Curry left K9 Ike inside his patrol vehicle with the engine running while he went into the Maricopa police headquarters for a meeting at 3 p.m.
At approximately 4:40 p.m. Curry went back to his vehicle and realized it had turned off. K9 Ike was located in the K9 kennel in the back of the vehicle panting heavily with glossy eyes from the heat.