Peace officers: injury to a peace officer's horse or dog.

Existing law makes it a crime to willfully and maliciously injure or poison a horse or dog being used by a peace officer, as provided. If a serious injury is inflicted, existing law requires the person to be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, 2 or 3 years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by both this fine and imprisonment. In addition to a felony sentence, existing law requires the person to serve an additional and consecutive term of one year in a county jail if the person acted with intent to inflict injury or death and personally caused death or serious physical injury to the animal, as specified. This bill would increase the additional and consecutive term from one year to 2 years in a county jail for a person who acted with intent to inflict injury or death and personally caused death or serious physical injury to the animal. By increasing the punishment for a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.