Virginias Attorney General, Mark Herring creates nation’s first attorney general animal law unit. Jan. 23, 2015 “Over the past twenty years, there has been a growing realization that cruelty toward animals is a criminal act that cannot be tolerated in a civilized society. All of the evidence shows a very direct link between animal cruelty and violence against women and children,” said Anthony Spencer, Caroline County Commonwealth’s Attorney. augustafreepress/herring-creates-nations-first-attorney-general-animal-law-unit/ NATIONAL SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION & LINK BETWEEN ANIMAL CRUELTY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Are you aware that in 2013, the National Sheriffs’ Association (“NSA”) advocated for the training and resources necessary for law enforcement to further develop knowledge and awareness of the link between “animal cruelty and domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse and gang violence?” See NSA Resolution #2013-02 on this webpage: sheriffs.org/content/resolutions. According to the National Link Coalition, “Over the past 30 years, researchers and professionals in a variety of human services and animal welfare disciplines have established significant correlations between animal abuse, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and other forms of violence. Mistreating animals is no longer seen as an isolated incident that can be ignored: it is often an indicator or predictor crime and a “red flag” warning sign that other family members in the household may not be safe” nationallinkcoalition.org/. POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AT STRAY DOG KILLS FAMILY AND SELF: On January 16, 2014, Spanish Fork, Utah Police officer Josh Boren shot and killed his wife, two young children and mother-in-law before taking his own life. Mr. Boren was once disciplined for shooting at a stray dog while he was on duty rather than taking it to the shelter (link to this news article: deseretnews/article/865594756/Officer-who-killed-family-wasonce-disciplined-for-shooting-at-dog-report-says.html. An article containing additional information regarding Josh Boren was posted by the AP late on July 7, 2014. The following is an excerpt from this update: “A Spanish Fork Police report shows Joshua Boren and his wife exchanged heated texts the night and morning before the January killings. In them, Kelly Boren confronted her husband about raping her and told him their marriage was over, The Deseret News reported (bit.ly/1oC8lWG ). The couple already had been separated for some time.” news.yahoo/police-officer-killed-family-had-raped-wife-235805261.html ************************************ PLEASE JOIN FREEZE DONT SHOOT (FDS) for a WIN-WIN-WIN for DOGS-CITIZENS-LAW ENFORCEMENT - NATIONWIDE MANDATED TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NON-LETHAL METHODS OF HANDLING DOG ENCOUNTERS - become a member of the FDS Facebook page for YOUR state - https://facebook/events/1387273054897347/?ref=22 AND JOIN THE NATIONAL FDS MARCH ON APRIL 25, 2015 IN YOUR STATE CAPITOL. https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=10206509289517908&set=gm.909150605786427&type=1&theater Based on the estimate of a US DOJ COPS Office staff member, a pet dog is killed by law enforcement on average every 48 to 56.6 minutes in the United States. Laurel Matthews, a supervisory program specialist with the Department of Justices Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office, estimates that between 25 and 30 pet dogs are killed each day by law enforcement officers (see top left of page 86 of the October 2014 POLICE Magazine – “Can Police Stop Killing Dogs?” policemag/…/can-police-stop-killing-dogs.aspx
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