Progress In the old days, when the local police (lacking the advanced education requirements that are currently in effect) merely enforced the existing laws, there would have been a summons issued at Sprakers for inadequate shelter and the dogs would have been seized. After they were examined and found to have been abused, the charges would have been upgraded to animal cruelty for the neglect. The matter would have gone to Court where a good ole boy DA would have demanded a slap on Mr. Weichs hand and made sure the Judge gave him a good talkin to before everyone went over to the (insert appropriate lodge name, ie. Elk, Rotary, Masons, etc) to recover from these unpleasantries. Now, however, we have an educated professional State law enforcement with an anti animal abuse initiative announced on network tv by the attorney general Eric Schneiderman himself. So lets see what changed. Rather than going by FlatCreek one day and looking for themselves, our professional State Police brought an expert, a veterinarian, at night, in the dark in -8 degree weather, to look at the dogs through a fence with a flashlight (not that they want to stack the deck or anything, I mean, they didnt blindfold her, too). Even under these less than optimal conditions she informs them the shelter is inadequate and starts to suggest the dogs be removed. Realizing that doing so would require the Police to work (as well as miss the next batch of fresh Krispy Kremes) they inform the Dr that if they seize the dogs there is no place for them to go and they will be killed. Aghast at the concept of being the cause of over 60 dogs being executed, the vet shows fear and takes a step backwards, allowing that under those circumstances the dogs should not be seized, but rather, something be done to upgrade the shelters. Having seen the vet was not strong enough to force their hand, the state police do what they do best, nothing, and retire to that warm batch of donuts to recover from the unpleasantries of almost having been forced to do real police work. Unfortunately, those commie loving, hippy tie dyed tree hugging animal rights freaks just arent satisfied that the police took a drive in the dark (hey, you never know what youll encounter on the roads) and bring in lawyers from both ends of the State and alert the media to protest this nonfeasance (thats just a big word for what is business as usual for the state police, doing nothing. Id like to joke that the NY State Police have changed their Motto from to protect and serve to we dont want to get involved but sadly it is all too true and not at all humorous). So, now that the lawyers are involved and the media is asking very embarrassing questions on air (and a polar vortex has made the temperatures so cold that its warmer on the surface of Mars than in Minn. and Chicago has taken the polar bears inside out of the cold) the State Police are forced to act. They rush out to issue a single summons for one count of failing to provide proper shelter for the 60+ dogs at Flat Creek, with a maximum fine of $100. No arrest, no criminal charges, no seizures and no relief for the poor freezing, starving dogs of Flat Creek. Luckily the lawyers were able to arrange the surrender of 36 of the dogs the next day, despite the efforts of the State Police. When the veterinarians examined the surrendered dogs they were horrified. The dogs were starving, with worms and mites and assorted medical conditions. Their condition was so bad that not a single dog was healthy enough to survive a routine spay or neuter. And the State Police, in the finest tradition of that organization, once again did nothing (but now they were able to call it investigating). And they would have kept on doing nothing (I mean investigating) until the temperatures topped 60, except someone leaked the vets reports to the media which published them. Now one would think that, having been sued for their ineptitude, having been held up to scorn and ridicule for not acting and having clear evidence of the animal cruelty handed to them, the State Police would finally do the right thing. Unfortunately, someone connected to the State Police must have read the Teddy Roosevelt quote that In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing, and not wanting to ruin a perfect record by doing the right thing, and having been so derided over doing nothing, figured out that they could still move from incompetent to second best by doing the wrong thing. So they got a warrant to seize a few more dogs and then let Herbert Weich know they were coming so he could get the puppies out (I mean lets not get crazy about these things), and they raided him. Still no charges, still not all the dogs taken, but hey, they had already turned what used to be a simple afternoon of police work into hundreds of hours of overtime for multiple officers. That takes a special type of skill, too. Apparently no one noticed when they switched old keystone kops reels for the police training films (those crazy cut ups). And our attorney general, yes, the same one with the anti animal abuse initiative, his office is very proud of what the State Police have been doing and is fighting to get the lawsuit dismissed, even though the State Police are breaking the law through their inaction. But hey, there is a special NY comfort to knowing that, should you every be in the situation where you need the NY State Police Trooper, you dont have to worry that they will be out fighting crime, and that you can easily find them, as long as you dont really expect them to do police work. With their qualifications, they obviously feel physical labor is beneath them,
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:20:02 +0000
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