Just putting out the thought there may be deficiencies in the Salt Lake City, Utah Police Department ... when comparing to the United States Department of Justices COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) Office information regarding Community Policing - see below. The question is posed regarding the role of the Fraternal Order of Police in the US DOJ COPS Office community partnerships and organizational transformations. The dog-encounter untrained officer that shot Geist has been cleared of wrongdoing according to this Fox13 report: fox13now/2014/08/01/salt-lake-city-officer-cleared-of-wrongdoing-after-shooting-dog/comment-page-1/#comments. Justice for Geist: https://facebook/JusticeforGeist ************************** The lack of a standardized, PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUING EDUCATION SYSTEM based on REQUIRED and ELECTIVE training curriculum produces inadequately trained law enforcement officers who are turned loose on the citizenry and this is a LOSE-LOSE-LOSE situation for victims - citizens - law enforcement. Those with the power to change the system can ill-afford to ignore the need for change. There are many law enforcement departments that have not had a PUPPYCIDE incident and there are many good, honorable and respectable law enforcement officers who are good to animals, HOWEVER, there are far too many departments WITH PUPPYCIDE-GUILTY OFFICERS. The Kilgore, Texas Police Department has already done the right thing because it was the right thing to do. In this July 14, 2014 Tyler, Texas CBS Affiliate investigative report, it is mentioned that the police department in Kilgore, Texas has a new policy called Response to Resistance which says HUMANS AND ANIMALS ARE THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO USING FORCE. cbs19.tv/story/26017040/cbs-19-investigates-are-etx-law-enforcement-officers-getting-enough-training. Kilgore, Texas law enforcement officers understand that SHOOTING DOGS IS AS OFF LIMITS AS SHOOTING HUMANS - and this should be a MODEL POLICY FOR THE REST OF AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS!!! Kilgore PD Website: cityofkilgore/police and Facebook page: https://facebook/kilgorepolice . TAX PAYERS PAY SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PUPPYCIDE-GUILTY OFFICERS: The citizenry is increasingly aware of AGRiP – the Association of Governmental Risk Pools (agrip.org/content.asp?contentid=227) and that tax payers not only pay the salaries of inadequately trained officers, we pay for their professional liability insurance which pays settlements & judgements in PUPPYCIDE cases. “Money for the settlements comes from a self-insured liability fund maintained by the department that currently has about $17 million in it. The fund pays for liabilities ranging from eyeglasses officers break while on duty to the million-dollar legal settlements.” lasvegassun/news/2013/oct/28/lawsuits-alleging-civil-right-violations-climb-met/. The APPA estimates that Americans will spend $58.51 BILLION on their pets in 2014. americanpetproducts.org/press_industrytrends.asp. Americans also generously support many Animal and Animal Protection Charities and several of these are Charity Watch Top Rated by the American Institute of Philanthropy charitywatch.org/toprated.html. PUPPYCIDE has not escaped the attention of nationwide, professional animal welfare organizations, including some of the American Institute of Philanthropys top rated. Here are links to PUPPYCIDE position statements and articles from national animal welfare organizations: ASPCA: Summer 2013 Position Statement on Law Enforcement Response to Potentially Dangerous Dogs aspca.org/about-us/aspca-policy-and-position-statements/position-statements-on-law-enforcement-response American Legal Defense Fund: Dogs Shot by Cops: Companion Animals and Law Enforcement: aldf.org/resources/when-your-companion-animal-has-been-harmed/dogs-shot-by-cops-companion-animals-and-law-enforcement/ Best Friends Animal Society, July 24, 2013 “Police Shooting of Dogs: A Disturbing Trend” by Francis Battista, Co-founder .blogs.bestfriends.org/index.php/2013/07/24/police-shootings-of-dogs-a-disturbing-trend/ March 5, 2014 Humane Society: Politics and Animals Close Encounters Between Cops and Canines: “At a news conference this afternoon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., representatives of the National Canine Research Council, Safe Humane Chicago, the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services announced the launch of a new video training series for law enforcement agencies across the country. Called “Police & Dog Encounters: Tactical Strategies and Effective Tools to Keep Our Communities Safe and Humane,” this resource gives police the necessary tools to keep them protected when they encounter a dog while on duty.” hslf.typepad/political_animal/2014/03/canine_encouners.html National Humane Education Society “These examples only scratch the surface of recent reports of dogs being shot by officers on duty…” nhes.org/articles/view/1028 ************************** UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COPS OFFICE / Community Oriented Policing Services: https://facebook/DOJCOPS August 2011: The Problem of Dog Related Incidents and Encounters: cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/e051116358_Dog-Incidents-508.pdf COMMUNITY POLICING DEFINED: cops.usdoj.gov/Publications/e030917193-CP-Defined.pdf “Community Partnerships: Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police.” Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission Executive Director, Michael Tobin, Even one dog shooting generates so much outrage that it can take years to repair the damage to community relations chippewa/news/state-and-regional/training-helps-to-reduce-milwaukee-pet-shootings/article_70ecd6b3-24ce-50d4-80fc-a0d3f20b885d.html “Organizational Transformation: The alignment of organizational management, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving.” Salt Lake City, Utah, July 9, 2014 Post on PUPPYCIDE Victim Geists FB page re: Transcript of Salt Lake City PD Press Conference lybio.net/slcpd-press-conference-chief-burbank-addresses-investigation-of-officer-involved-shooting-of-a-dog/news-politics/. In my opinion, this police chief, did not handle this press conference in an appropriate and professional manner. This police chiefs press conference leaves me wondering what this police chiefs relationship is with the Fraternal Order of Police and what role the police union has in community partnerships and organizational transformations as outlined by the US DOJ COPS Office. Sunshine Week: Open Government = Good Government: sunshineweek.org/. How might this pertain to PUPPYCIDE? Law Enforcement Firearm Discharge Reports – including those involving dogs – made a standing agenda item on City Council Meeting Agendas and County Commissioner Meeting Agendas across the country. sunshineweek.rcfp.org/sw13-idea-bank/. This is the only way to have accountability in connection with PUPPYCIDE legislation and training. Wouldnt it make sense to also have a rating system for police chiefs that included the public trust in the department and proactive problem solving skills? The Sunshine in Government Initiative - promoting open government: ttp://sunshineingovernment.org/. https://facebook/sunshineingov ************************** Persons who fear dogs are not 2014 law enforcement material in the United States of America. As one citizen stated during the St. Clair Shores, Michigan City Council Meeting regarding Michigan PUPPYCIDE victim Lexie (https://facebook/Justice4Lexie), if you dont like little kids, you dont work in a day care center. Citizens speaking on behalf of Lexie begin at about time mark 40 minutes, give or take. There are 6 citizens that speak 2 minutes each and they are EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE!! ci.saint-clair-shores.mi.us/MediaCenter.aspx?CID=SCS-Council-Meeting-Archive-7. UNTRAINED (or worse) OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZING LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, SENIOR CITIZENS & AMERICAN VETERANS and MURDERING THEIR CANINE FAMILY MEMBERS SINCE 2001 aldf.org/downloads/131_animalsadvocatewinter01.pdf. There is NO EXCUSE for turning untrained officers loose upon the 2014 citizenry where Pet Ownership is at a Record High - 68% of American households are now occupied by pets, which, according the the American Pet Products Association (“APPA”) survey, translates to 82.5 million homes with at least one pet. petshops.about/od/PetBusinessResources/a/APPA-Pet-Owners-Survey-For-2013-2014.htm. Without dog encounter training how is it possible to make appropriate distinctions between an “aggressive” dog and a dog just being a dog, such as is referred to in this recent, short news video about Louisiana First Responders Dog Encounter Training - member from Governors Animal Welfare Commission states police officers are trained to be an authority and to take charge of situations and the dog is doing the SAME THING - this is his property and hes in charge of it and the two clash. nbc33tv/.../all.../la-first-responders-get-t? This July 14, 2014 investigative news report from the CBS affiliate in Tyler, Texas (cbs19.tv/story/26017040/cbs-19-investigates-are-etx-law-enforcement-officers-getting-enough-training) begins to address the CONTINUING EDUCATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE and clearly identifies that currently, it is up to individual departments to determine their own training needs. In the United States, there are over SEVENTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE (17,985) state and local law enforcement agencies (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States) employing more than ONE MILLION (1,000,000) FULL-TIME law enforcement officers in the United States (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_States). ************************** It may be the dog lovers of America who touched off a movement to rein in the strong-arm tactics that have accompanied the militarization of the countrys police forces... Days of law enforcement getting away with strong-arm and often deadly tactics in the name of maintaining safety and order are coming to an end. mysanantonio/opinion/commentary/article/Pets-often-victims-in-police-raids-5472272.php NATIONAL FREEZE DONT SHOOT MARCH - October 25, 2014 at state capitols across America: Please understand that WE ARE NOT ANTI-POLICE - WE ARE PRO TRAINING and a hands on training course with standardized curriculum has proven to work in many areas. https://facebook/events/1506079356295175/ FREEZE DONT SHOOT: https://facebook/FreezeDontShoot.JusticePagesUnited?ref=br_tf Links to Facebook pages of PUPPYCIDE victims cops-shooting-dogs.blogspot/p/fb-cause-pages.html Link to Freeze Dont Shoot Colorado post regarding Unnamed/Unidentified PUPPYCIDE victims: https://facebook/groups/FreezeDontShoot.CO/permalink/812837158751106/ For reminders that there really are good, honorable and respectable officers who treat animals good, see these Facebook pages. There are officers associated with these pages who support the Stop PUPPYCIDE efforts: Cops for Canine Compassion https://facebook/pages/Cops-for-Canine-Compassion/132091863667946?ref=stream Cops Kind to Critters https://facebook/CopsKindToCritters
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