Cody L. Henderson, a K-9 officer with the Salem County Sheriff's Office, is charged after prosecutors say he left two police dogs unattended in a locked patrol car for about seven hours and a necropsy found heat stroke.Prosecutors say Henderson left Rip, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois trained in narcotics detection, and Boomer, a 6-year-old springer spaniel trained in bomb detection, in a vehicle with closed windows and the engine off, and he did not activate emergency alert systems or use indoor kennels at the sheriff's office.Henderson faces multiple counts, including cruelty to animals and recklessly causing bodily injury; he is on unpaid leave, Sheriff
Chuck Miller says the deaths have shaken the department, and Henderson is due in
Salem County Court later this month.