FRANKFORT, Ky. — Daleon Rice shot Ernie twice, right in front of a police officer, but he won’t serve a day in prison for the crime. That’s because the German Shepherd police dog recovered ...

Ernie, a K-9 officer with the Covington Police Department, sits with his handler outside the Kentucky State Capitol, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. Ernie was shot and wounded in the ...