🚨Salem County charged a sheriff’s K-9 handler after 2 police dogs died SUV.
🚨A Gloucester County commissioner says another K-9 death investigation dragged on
🚨The Attorney General’s Office says it does not provide updates on investigations
SALEM — It’s a tale of two K-9 death investigations in two counties.
Criminal charges filed this week against a Salem County sheriff’s K-9 handler are reigniting frustration in neighboring Gloucester County, where a similar police dog death has lingered under state investigation for nearly four years without any public resolution.
The contrast between the two cases has become the story. In Salem County, investigators announced charges just weeks after two sheriff’s K-9s died inside a patrol SUV. In Gloucester County, Commissioner Chris Konawel says the state has never publicly explained what happened after Fire Marshal K-9 Ember died under similar circumstances in 2022 or whether anyone will face charges…