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Robert Kirby: Seeking justice for Dingo, a police dog killed in the line of duty

A week ago, I sat in a room packed with cops awaiting the sentencing of a 31-year-old habitual criminal convicted of killing a Unified Police Department K-9 in 2017.

Next to me was Herriman Deputy Chief Chad Reyes, who was Dingo’s partner the night the 7-year-old Belgian Malinois was gunned down. From the look on Chad’s face, he was interested in making sure justice was served.

It’s not right that the bad guy was driving around with a gun that night in 2017, that he led police on a high-speed chase, tried to run over them, ran on foot when they blocked him and, ultimately, shot the police dog sent to bring him down.