As said by Denver Post, by August 9th it will be legal for good samaritans to break into a stranger’s hot car to save a child, dog or cat, but only after making reasonable efforts to contact law enforcement.
Said good Samaritans must have reasonable belief that the occupants/animals of the hot car are at risk or in imminent danger to be excused from having charges pressed against them.
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According to data collected by KidsAndCars.org, a national advocacy group for child safety in vehicles, there were 39 child heat-stroke deaths caused by being left in a car in 2016. 87 percent were 3 years old or younger of those children who died, and 55 percent of the parents unknowingly left their child in the car.
It is a crime to leave an animal in dangerous conditions in Denver and suspects could face up to a year in jail or a $999 fine.
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