Public Safety
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Dog Officer
Les Boardman,
Dog Officer
The Town contracts with a private vendor to provide dog control services, based on a competitive bidding process and administered by the Chief of Police.
The Dog Officer responds to all complaints regarding domesticated dogs, is required to provide a vehicle for the transporting of dogs, as well as a pound for the temporary housing of dogs taken into custody. The Dog Officer and his assistant(s) are on call 24 hours a day, and can be contacted through the Public Safety Communications Center by pager.
Program Implementation
The existing contract service provides response only to dog control problems. Other animal control problems are handled by referrals, or by the uniformed patrol officers. The amount budgeted provides for limited patrols by the Dog Officer to locate stray dogs.
Performance Information
The objective of this program is to provide dog control services in an efficient and effective manner. Calls/complaints received and dogs picked up in 2006 have increased, and are at a much higher level than 2003. Part of the increase is due to a small number of locations that generated multiple responses before the problem was brought to a close.
