I feel really sad about this.  I love dogs and police dogs are great helpers to the police and community.  I hope that this truly was a "bad accident" as described by the Sheriff, and not serious neglect or negligence or something.  But I'm not sure what the procedures are for keeping police dogs in cars, and what the likely explanation is for something like this.  The police officer presumably feels terrible, and I feel bad for him too, as long as the mistake was honest.  If it wasn't then I have no sympathy for him.  But if it was then I bet he feels horrible and partly doesn't want to show his face to the other officers anymore.