According to a letter to the editor of the Rowan Free Press, Jack who is a police dog on the verge of retirement, but is being kept in inhumane conditions. His ex partner wants to adopt him, but the police chief is apparently unwilling to allow him to because he left the city police department to work for the county sheriff. rowanfreepress.com/2012/10/27/letter-to-the-editor-jack-a-loyal-salisbury-police-dog-victimized-by-inhumane-treatment/