Police dog Finn.

[cee-dee]

Police dog Finn was stabbed by a 16 year-old, He's now recovering but a petition has been started calling for Police Dogs and Horses to be given the same status as Police Officers. Fancy signing the petition?:-

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168678/signatures/new

Here's the info (The number of signatures is out of date, it's over 31,000 now) :-

http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/crime/finn-s-law-petition-calling-for-attack-on-police-dog-to-be...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-37621671

[jd.linklater]

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@cee-dee wrote:

Checks carefully, double checks, yes, JD's crossed off the Christmas list.

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I can live with that

[cee-dee]

It's reached 100,000 signatures now:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/finns-law-100000-sign-petition-after-police-dog-stabbed-i...

[cee-dee]

It's currently got 112,684 signatures.

[cee-dee]

Parliament will debate the petition on 14th November.

[fallen-archie]

Let's hope they take it seriously it deserves to be.

[cee-dee]

Yes, we shall see? They're going to send a transcript and video afterwards.

[cee-dee]

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-37859146

[cee-dee]

So, after the debate they decided not to change the Law saying that the existing Law and the punishment were adequate.

By that reasoning the Law regarding ordinary people shouldn't have been altered to make the offence of attacking/killing a Policeman a specific offence?

The official response to the petition:-

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168678?reveal_response=yes

[cee-dee]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38092762

[cee-dee]

What happened there?

[littleme61_6]

Such very touching it was to read this. So very caring of those two bidders. 

All the very best to Alex. ((hugs)) 

Although of course deeply saddening of Finn being injured in such a terrible way. 

[fallen-archie]

In answer to your question CD it was yet another example of an Archie.brain fart. Too many of them since the event but as I lie here again in a hospital bed I will pass on the concerns of all on here who have expressed their concerns over my erratic behaviour in the vain hope that I am not subject of early onset.😫
Meanwhile what of Finn and that bunch of idiots we have elected to do our bidding?

[cee-dee]

See your PM.

[cee-dee]

Latest news on this:-

The Government has changed its response to this petition.

The change is in the third and fourth paragraphs of the main text. The new version reads:

"Whilst police leaders and campaigners agree that these penalties are appropriate, I understand that it is unpalatable to think of police animals as ‘equipment’ as is inferred by the charges of criminal damage. This does not seem to convey the respect and gratitude police and public feel for the animals involved and their contribution to law enforcement and public safety. The Government has therefore agreed to explore whether there is more that the law should do to offer the most appropriate protections to police animals and all working animals.

When sentencing for offences of cruelty to or neglect of animals it is for the courts to decide on an appropriate penalty based on the individual circumstances of each case. Magistrates are provided with guidelines by the Sentencing Council to help them impose appropriate sentences and penalties. The guidelines give examples of offences, aggravating and mitigating factors, as well as the range of suggested sentences and penalties for various types of offences. The Government has requested that the Sentencing Council considers assaults on police animals as an aggravating factor as a part of their current review on guidelines for sentencing in the Magistrates’ Courts, which includes animal cruelty offences."

[littleme61_6]

When I received this on e-mail earlier I thought ''Thank goodness more has been thought about this, and has been taken much more seriously now''. 

[jd.linklater]

I agree, it makes far more sense to bring animal cruelty into consideration when sentencing.  But I still think the penalties for such cruelty are woefully inadequate.

[cee-dee]

What a clever dog?:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38392019

[cee-dee]

The latest on Police Dog Finn:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39450960

[littleme61_6]

Wishing Finn and PC Wardell many many happy years together, enjoying so much of getting out and about to lots of places.