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The two police officers were suspended over claims they ran over a woodchuck on a Troy golf course.

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The Troy Police Department announced Tuesday that the two Rensselaer police officers accused of killing a woodchuck will not face criminal charges.

The Times Union reports the officers were suspended after claims that they chased down and ran over a woodchuck in August on a Troy golf course.

Officers Tyler Sammon and Matt Spath were allegedly in the golf cart that ran over a woodchuck at Frear Park golf course. The Rensselaer Police Department Union held its annual tournament at the course the same day of the incident.

Witnesses said two people in a golf cart chased down the woodchuck until it couldn't run any more, and proceeded to run over the animal with their golf cart. The people in the cart also destroyed tee boxes and drove through ropes.

It's legal to kill a woodchuck, but Troy city law bans killing animals in the park, the Times Union adds.