Cops Suspended for Sadistically Chasing Down, Killing a Groundhog During Police Golf Tournament
Troy, NY — Two Rensselaer police officers have been suspended following reports they chased down and ran over a groundhog during a police union golf tournament in Troy, New York.
Chief Rick Fusco promised both officers would be fired if an investigation finds them guilty.
“If in fact this alleged situation happened, I will be recommending they be terminated,” Fusco said. “There is no room in any police agency for a person like this to be carrying a badge and a gun.”
Three-year veteran of the force, Tyler Sammon, drove the golf cart, and Matt Spath rode as passenger when the two reportedly chased the animal until it was exhausted, and then cruelly crushed it beneath the cart’s tires — possibly more than once — in what the Albany Times-Union deemed an act of “woodchuck homicide.”
“There is zero tolerance for this behavior,” said Troy City Council President Carmella Mantello in a statement cited by the Troy Record, “and the City Council, Mayor, Police Chief [John] Tedesco, and detectives are investigating this serious animal abuse incident and inappropriate actions.”