Police regulators have suspended the peace officer certification of a former Cache County Sheriff’s deputy whose police dog died when it was left in a hot truck.
Jason Whittier left the 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, Endy, in his truck for more than 11 hours on July 3, 2017 — a day when temperatures reached into the mid-90s. The dog died from heat exhaustion.
Whittier was fired in the wake of the dog’s death, and he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of aggravated cruelty to an animal in October 2017. He was sentenced to probation and community service.