Officer admitted in Hospital after police dog deaths

An officer has been treated in hospital subsequently the losses of two police dogs who were left in a car on one of the hottest days of the year.

The dogs were found misshapen in an unaired vehicle at the Met Police's training centre in Keston, south-east London, on Sunday.

An officer was afterward found by companions in the Newham area suffering a hand wound.

The Directorate of Professional Standards has initiated an investigation.

Officers enforced their way into the car after being attentive.

The working Belgian Malinois and a German Shepherd puppy were in used from the dog training centre to an crisis vets, where both afterward died.

Police have not named the officer associated to the happening, but verified a policeman was found with wounds following the finding of the dead canines.

It is not identified if they were self-wreaked.

The Met Police spokesman added: "The officer was situated in Newham borough anguishing a hand injury.

"He was taken to an east London hospital as a preventative measures and is currently receiving medical aid."

The RSPCA, which is also prosecuting the incident near Bromley, where temperatures reached almost 30C on Sunday, suggested people not to leave dogs in vehicles "for any extent of time" during hot weather.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been made alert of the incident and the following inquiry.