A Clark County School District police officer has entered a no contest plea after being accused of causing the death of his K-9 partner by leaving the animal in his vehicle for more than six hours.

James Harris entered a no contest plea Oct. 28 to a misdemeanor charge of confining an animal in a vehicle, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. Other charges — failure to provide for a confined animal and torture, injure, abandon or starve an animal — were dropped by prosecutors or dismissed.

Justice of the Peace Nadia Wood gave Harris a time-served sentence after parties made a joint recommendation, a docket sheet indicates.

Harris was assigned to Foothill High School for the school day on Nov. 14, according to a CCSD police affidavit.

K-9 Marley was also on duty that day and was

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