Fabian Indalecio
LOCAL advocate and military veteran Fabian Indalecio said he wants to know the truth about the deaths of two Department of Public Safety dogs, Boss and Beni.
In an interview on Wednesday, Indalecio, who owns 20 dogs, said he is very concerned and that he knows many members of the community who have doubts about the initial police report that the deaths of the dogs, who were left in a police vehicle for 30 minutes, were accidental.
“The people need to know the truth. They want justice because there is so much doubt. It’s almost impossible for those dogs to die in a car where, for a certain amount of time, the air con was still running,” Indalecio said.
It also bothers him that it took almost a month before the incident, which took place on Sept. 8, 2024, was made known to the public, and that it is only now that DPS is conducting an investigation, he said.
“There has been an unreasonable length of time,” he said, adding that he and many people in the community believe that the investigation should have been conducted within the week after the incident. “The governor should have been informed, too,” Indalecio said.
It also puzzles him that there were two dogs that died in a police vehicle.
“It’s really concerning, and I am angry,” he added.
DPS Commissioner Anthony I. Macaranas has said that an investigation into the tragic deaths of the canines is being conducted, and that his department is following strict protocols to ensure a thorough and unbiased inquiry.
Indalecio said he is grateful to police officers for their services, “but people are outraged and traumatized by what happened to the dogs.”
“How long will they investigate? It has been an unreasonable amount of time now, and that is making people doubt. Everybody I talked to, they are outraged. They are very upset,” Indalecio said.
He added that he is not demanding that officers should be fired. All that is needed, Indalecio said, is a “more convincing explanation that will at least calm the people down.”
