Why was police dog slain?
September 9, 2006 – BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter Battling back tears, Countryside Police Officer Joseph DiGangi said Friday he still wants to know why his canine partner was killed by another police officer. DiGangi’s police dog, Dago, (pronounced dah-GO), was shot twice by a Cicero officer last month during a search — although details of the shooting remain unclear. “There’s a lot of unanswered questions. I’d like to know what happened,” DiGangi said after a memorial service in Countryside for Dago, attended by more than 100 police officers and at least 50 police dogs. DiGangi said he was “skeptical” of statements by Cicero police that Dago attacked and bit a Cicero officer, forcing the cop to shoot the four-year-old German shepherd. He appreciated that Cicero Police Chief Anthony Iniquez attended the memorial and offered his condolences. But DiGangi said the gesture didn’t resolve lingering questions about circumstances surrounding the Aug. 4 death of his beloved partner. Self-defens
