K-9 Ringo spent nearly 10 years with JPD before being retired in November

A Jackson police K-9 officer has been demoted after giving his retired K-9 to an animal shelter.Jackson police retired Ringo from the force in November after serving as a narcotics dog for nearly a decade.Randy Hare, with the Alpha Canine Traning center, trained Ringo and adopted him when Hare found out Ringo was at a Madison animal shelter.Hare says the officers are expected to take care of the dog once they are retired from the force, but Hare says what happened to Ringo isn't that uncommon."The treatment of dogs who are involved in law-enforcement is sometimes really really good and sometimes it's not so good. A lot of times they're treated like equipment and when they're treated like equipment, sometimes they're disposed of like equipment," Hare said.

A Jackson police K-9 officer has been demoted after giving his retired K-9 to an animal shelter.


Jackson police retired Ringo from the force in November after serving as a narcotics dog for nearly a decade.

Randy Hare, with the Alpha Canine Traning center, trained Ringo and adopted him when Hare found out Ringo was at a Madison animal shelter.

Hare says the officers are expected to take care of the dog once they are retired from the force, but Hare says what happened to Ringo isn't that uncommon.

"The treatment of dogs who are involved in law-enforcement is sometimes really really good and sometimes it's not so good. A lot of times they're treated like equipment and when they're treated like equipment, sometimes they're disposed of like equipment," Hare said.