{"id":62508,"date":"2015-06-19T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=62508"},"modified":"2015-06-19T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T14:02:12","slug":"legislation-passes-to-protect-injured-police-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=62508","title":{"rendered":"Legislation Passes to Protect Injured Police Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33907\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33907\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Magee\" width=\"226\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee.jpg 226w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Bill-Magee-128x150.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Magee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(June 2015) Assemblyman Bill Magee (D-Nelson) announced the passage of a bill he sponsored that would allow paramedics to transport police work dogs that are injured in the line of duty (A.7668-A).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cService dogs that work in law enforcement provide a very important role in aiding their police handlers, assisting in their duties and protecting the community,\u201d said Assemblyman Magee. \u201cThis legislation will help to make sure that paramedics can transport injured police dogs to the nearest animal hospital or veterinary clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, paramedics can face severe penalties if they transport a police dog. This legislation allows for the transportation of canine officers by emergency workers when there is not a human that needs treatment &#8211; which takes precedent, added Assemblyman Magee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice dogs search for lost people, drugs and explosives among other duties and are placed in life-threatening situations on a daily basis,\u201d said Assemblyman Magee. \u201cThis law will ensure that our police work dogs are protected under these exceptional circumstances and can continue to assist our police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(June 2015) Assemblyman Bill Magee (D-Nelson) announced the passage of a bill he sponsored that would allow paramedics to transport police work dogs that are injured in the line of duty (A.7668-A). \u201cService dogs that work in law enforcement provide a very important role in aiding their police handlers, assisting in their duties and protecting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}