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.
Whittier’s certification was suspended Thursday for one year by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). He did not appear at Thursday’s quarterly meeting of POST’s disciplinary committee to contest the suspension, according to a spokeswoman.
(Photo courtesy Cache County Jail) Jason Whittier on Oct. 2 pleaded no contest to class B misdemeanor aggravated cruelty to an animal after he left his police dog, Endy, in a hot patrol truck in July.
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