US officer charged after two police dogs died on hot patrol0

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• July 10, 2026

A New Jersey officer has been criminally charged with causing the deaths of two police dogs by leaving them locked inside a hot patrol car. Cody Henderson, a K-9 dog handler in Salem County, faces multiple charges related to the deaths of police dogs Rip and Boomer, who were allegedly left inside his hot car