Two Bexar County, Texas K-9s Dead After Night Left Inside Hot Cruiser

[Purveyor]

SAN ANTONIO -- The Bexar County Sheriff's Department says two of its K-9s have died after they were left inside a patrol vehicle overnight.

According to a statement from the Sheriff's Office, the dogs were "inadvertently" left inside the vehicle overnight and died from apparent heat exposure.

The deputy responsible, identified as Deputy Steve Benoy, has been placed on administrative leave as the Animal Care Services and the BCSO investigate the incident. He was described as a 23-year veteran who has been assigned to the K-9 unit for 13 years of his career with the BCSO.

According to the statement, Benoy is "completely devastated by the tragic accident."

Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz said in the statement, "Deputy Benoy has been a dedicated officer during his career; he has never received any discipline during his tenure with the Sheriff's Office. It is my belief that this is a tragic accident however; the Sheriff's Office is following standard procedures in conducting a thorough investigation."

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1. .

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. Those poor doggies.

[B Calm]

3. When was the last time Deputy Steve Benoy

had a drug and alcohol test?

[madrchsod]

4. happened in my city..

the cop left the dog in the car with the engine running and an hour later the dog was dead. the car quit running....

[gopiscrap]

5. and watch the fucking cops get off scott free

anybody else would spend a night in jail and then a ton of money defending themselves from some sort of felony!

[loli phabay]

6. only if it was criminal, we dont know the facts, like the previous poster stated in their case the

cruiser quit. i look at these in the same way as parens who accidently leave their kids in the car, sometimes people make mistakes or mess up their routine, and sometimes its mechanical error. Unti there is an investigation there is no point shouting for arrests and convictions.