NE: Nebraska
Summary: Nebraska has an EMS law for injured K9s (LB 910, 2024; § 38-1239). Its penalties are weak: harassing a police animal is a Class IV misdemeanor, and only harassment that causes death is a felony. There's nothing on vests, retirement or retired care.
Body armor
- None found.
Medical & insurance
- No insurance or medical funding for working K9s was found.
Retirement & service limits
- None found.
Post retirement care
- None found.
Penalties for harming police animals
- § 28-1009(3), Harassment of a police animal. Knowingly and intentionally teasing or harassing a police animal (a horse or dog of the state, a county, city or village) to keep it from its duties is a Class IV misdemeanor, or a Class IIIA felony if it is the proximate cause of the animal's death. Definitions are in § 28-1008.
- § 28-906, Obstructing a peace officer. This includes obstructing a police animal that is assisting an officer, a Class I misdemeanor.
- Gap: there's no separate offense for injuring a police animal without killing it, beyond general cruelty under § 28-1009(2).
Pending or failed bills
- No pending bills found on vests, retired care or service limits.
Sources
- LB 910 bill page: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=54730
- LB 910 slip law: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB910.pdf
- § 28-1009: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=28-1009
- § 28-1008: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=28-1008
- § 28-906: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=28-906
- K9 Medic map: https://www.k9medic.com/k9-laws/