A big well-done to the police.

This story's got everything! Lezzas, car crashes, domestic violence, PSD complaints, fraud, and er, donuts.

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Heatwave warning! (police) dogs die in hot cars!

This is absolutely bloody awful.

I've got a lot of respect for police dogs, they do a good job in difficult circumstances, and the vast majority are hard working and decent. So for two of them do die an agonising death of heat-stroke and dehydration is pretty grim.

I'm not even going to use this as an opportunity to slag off the police, but I hope the officer(s) involved are done for animal cruelty.

As an asside, legal minds, what would the courts dole out if the police brought them someone they'd arrested for smashing a car window to allow a dying dog to get some air? What about if it was a baby left inside a car?

Stay cool.