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TRENTON – Legislation enhancing penalties for intentionally killing an on-duty police or search and rescue dog and named “Schultz’s Law” in honor of a Gloucester Township police dog killed by a crime suspect was today signed into law.

The law was drafted in response to the November 30, 2010 killing of Schultz, a 3 1/2 year-old German shepherd and member of Gloucester Township’s police force. After tracking down a robbery suspect and latching onto the man’s arm, Schultz was thrown into the path of oncoming traffic, where he was struck and killed.

TRENTON – An Assembly committee today released legislation Senators Fred Madden and Donald Norcross sponsored to enhance the penalties for intentionally killing an on-duty police or search and rescue dog.

The measure was drafted in response to the Nov 30, 2010 killing of Schultz, a 3 1/2 year-old German shepherd and member of Gloucester Township’s police force. After tracking down a robbery suspect and latching onto the man’s arm, Schultz was purposefully thrown into the path of oncoming traffic, where he was struck and killed.

TRENTON – Legislation Senators Fred Madden and Donald Norcross sponsored to require a five-year minimum jail term for intentionally killing a police dog has been released by the Senate Law & Public Safety Committee.

The measure was introduced in the wake of the killing of Schultz, a 3 1/2 year-old German shepherd and member of Gloucester Township’s police force, this past Nov 30. Schultz was part of a 100-officer manhunt for a robbery suspect and was purposefully thrown into the path of an oncoming car on Route 42 after tracking down the suspect and latching onto the man’s arm. He was memorialized with full police honors.