Killing a police work dog or police work horse · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 195.06-a Killing a police work dog or police work horse.
A person is guilty of killing a police work dog or police work horse when such person intentionally kills a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is in the performance of its duties and under the supervision of a police officer. For purposes of this section, "police work dog" or "police work horse," as the case may be, shall mean any dog or horse owned or harbored by any state or municipal police department or any state or federal law enforcement agency, which has been trained to aid law enforcement officers and is actually being used for police work purposes.
Killing a police work dog or police work horse is a class E felony.
A person commits this offense by intentionally killing a police work dog or police work horse while it is performing duties under a police officer’s supervision. ★ The animal must be owned or harbored by a state or municipal police department or state or federal law-enforcement agency, trained to aid officers, and actually used for police work. The offense is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.