Insanity: NJ working to impose a mandatory 5 year prison term for killing a police dog

TRENTON — Legislation that would impose a mandatory five-year jail term on anyone convicted of killing a police dog cleared an Assembly panel on Monday.

Under the bill that cleared the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee — dubbed “Schultz’s Law” — those found guilty of killing a police dog or a dog engaged in a search and rescue operation would receive a mandatory minimum five-year prison term, with no eligibility for parole, and a $15,000 fine. Killing a police or search and rescue dog currently is a third-degree crime and carries penalties of between three to five years in prison and fines of up to $15,000.