Someone should have kept a DNA sample from that bloody collar
By Blake FontenayAugust 4th, 2008
Just what the heck is going on in the Fayette County town of Oakland?
I couldn’t help but ask that, after reading a story over the weekend about how the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the alleged death of one of the town’s police dogs.
According to Oakland Mayor Bill Mullins, a police dog named Kit was run over by a car about four years ago during a training operation in Bolivar. Mullins said the police officers handling the dog returned to Oakland with nothing but a bloody collar and a leash.
Without going into specifics, the TBI disagreed, saying Kit had been found alive.
Since there’s $5,000 worth of insurance money involved, I don’t want to downplay the seriousness of this.
But, like I said, what the heck?
It’s not like this dog went sailing aboard a yacht and got lost at sea under mysterious circumstances. If Kit was in fact hit by a car, wasn’t there a carcass to recover? Please don’t tell me the cops just left the dog’s body by the side of the road.
If the TBI has found the dog, I wonder where it is today. Is it in witness protection or what?
People frequently talk about the amount of corruption in Memphis politics, often for valid reasons. But if Oakland cops faked a dog’s death to collect the insurance money, that should demonstrate that small town government types can be ever bit as crooked as their big city counterparts.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Nice article. I have lived here for better then 25 years, and know all parties involved. All I can say is it’s been a long time coming, and well deserved.