PHOENIX - A suburban police officer is accused of leaving a police dog in a patrol car for more than 12 hours on a 109-degree day, killing the animal.

Chandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was booked into the Maricopa County jail on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after a two-week investigation into the death of a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named  Bandit. He was released later Wednesday, said Capt. Paul Chagolla, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

A jury in Middletown, Connecticut has ruled in favor of a man who hit an unmarked police car.

The city was seeking approximately $10,000 from the man and his insurance company, arguing that the man was at fault. Several witnesses gave conflicting testimonies as to whether the crusiers lights and sirens were on. The defendant argued that he did not see the unmarked police cruiser coming until it was too late to avoid the accident.

In 2005, the city of Minneapolis began using red-light cameras. Red light cameras are positioned at stop lights to take pictures of the license plates of vehicles that run the red light.

The city mailed out fines to the car owners, and required the owners to sign the form and return it with a $142 fine, or face an arrest warrant.  Many car owners were outraged when they recieved their ticket in the mail, claiming that they were not driving the car at the time of the infraction.

They may have committed a high crime, but a former Dearborn cop and his wife are only going to be charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly smoking pot in Dearborn Heights.

Edward Sanchez, 30, and his wife, Stacy, 27, are expected to turn themselves in for arraignment on one charge each of using marijuana, according assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Maria Miller.

On April 21, 2006, Sanchez, who lives in Dearborn Heights, called 911 in a panic after he and his wife ate brownies laced with marijuana he said he took from criminal suspects.

Dearborn police allowed Sanchez to resign from his job on May 23, 2006, even though investigators said he admitted to taking the marijuana from his police car and using it to make the brownies. Dearborn police reports the Free Press obtained said Sanchez told investigators he planned to use the marijuana to train his police dog.

Dearborn police have declined to discuss their handling of the matter.

A recording of Sanchez’s 911 call – during which he said he thought he and his wife were dying and asked a dispatcher for the score of the Red Wings’ game – became fodder for comedians and Internet parodies after it appeared on the internet.

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