August 7, 2014 TV News Report Regarding Comprehensive Examination of Denver County Sheriffs Office: thedenverchannel/news/front-range/denver/denver-mayor-hancock-releases-outline-of-top-to-bottom-review-of-denver-sheriffs-department facebook/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdenvergov.org%2FMayorsOffice%2FNewsroom%2Ftabid%2F442244%2Fnewsid504977%2F8998%2Fmid%2F504977%2FMayor-Hancock-Details-Comprehensive-Review-of-Sheriff-Department%2FDefault.aspx&h=kAQGyMyJY ************************************************ Might be a very good time for Colorado folks to send PUPPYCIDE information to Denver Mayors Office, as well as state-wide Mayors Offices, Colorado County Commissioners and Sheriffs (links to contact info below) and to REQUEST ACCOUNTABILITY & COMPLIANCE WITH COLORADOS DOG PROTECTION ACT. It is a very good time to request that Citizen Reviews (see Police Chief Magazine article, link below) of Firearm Discharges involve standing Firearm Discharge agenda items, including those involving dogs, on County Commissioner and City Council meeting agendas. Folks in states other than Colorado may use this as a starting point/MODEL if they choose to take similar action in their own state. IT IS AS EASY AS COPYING THIS POST AND FORWARDING IT. PLEASE help raise PUPPYCIDE awareness. Police Chief Magazine article regarding firearm discharge investigations: policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=2213&issue_id=102010 To find Colorado Mayor contact information: votesmart.org/officials/CO/M/colorado-local-executive#.U_vGz2NAe_c To find Colorado County Commissioner & Sheriff contact information: naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx Links to Colorado cities and towns: cml.org/cml-member-directory/ ************************************************ See below for (1) Colorado DPA info, (2) PUPPYCIDE law suit info and (3) PUPPYCIDE prevalence info AND (4) elevated status of animals in Oregon. (1) Colorado DPA Information: COLORADO: During 2013, in the aftermath of over 40 bad Colorado Cop on Dog shootings in the last five (5) years (idahostatesman/2014/03/02/3057358/working-to-curb-dog-shootings.html) , Colorado’s General Assembly UNANIMOUSLY voted in favor of Colorado’s DPA which was signed into law may 13, 2013 by Governor Hickenlooper (coloradostatesman/content/994173-two-bill-signings-mark-dog-day-legislature). The DPA mandates state-wide training for law enforcement in non-lethal methods of handling dog encounters and imposes a duty upon officers, on NON-VIOLENT calls, to give dog owners / animal control officers the opportunity to secure /save the dog. Here is the link to the DPA final text (leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2013a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F6A67EF8FEE8F10787257AFD005A97C8?open&file=226_enr.pdf ) and the link to AUDIO OF 4-3-13 COLORADO SENATE DOG PROTECTION ACT COMMITTEE HEARING coloradoga.granicus/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=47&clip_id=3550&meta_id=57748 Please, listen to testimony of Colorado lawmakers, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson (co.arapahoe.co.us/index.aspx?nid=889), a CALEA commissioner (calea.org/commissioners/current/board-list) and owners of Colorado dogs wrongfully shot by law enforcement and dedicated Colorado citizens. Sheriff Grayson states on the April 3, 2013 DPA audio, that Colorado’s DPA is very important and that he planned to take the PUPPYCIDE issue to his fellow CALEA commissioners. Colorado Fraternal Order of Police on October 8, 2013, fourteen (14) month prior to the deadline for compliance with the Colorado Dog Protection Act (the “DPA”) and nine (9) months prior to deadline for completion of the DPA training video: (coloradofop.org/index.cfm?zone=%2Funionactive%2Fview_article.cfm&homeID=276662). FB page: https://facebook/JusticeForChloeRIP Youtube video (WARNING: GRAPHIC) of Colorado dog, Chloe, shot multiple times while on the catch pole of animal control officer. youtube/results?search_query=commerce+city+dog+chloe&sm=3 Press releases / posts of the CO FOP issued prior to passage of Colorado’s DPA accused the Colorado citizenry its members serve of having a LYNCH MOB MENTALITY (blogs.westword/latestword/2013/01/dog_shooting_commerce_city_lynch_mob.php) and “UNTRAINED EYE OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF FACTUAL DETAILS” (coloradofop.org/index.cfm?zone=%2Funionactive%2Fview_article.cfm&HomeID=268778#.UPRZFRHoqsQ.facebook). ************************************************ (2) PUPPYCIDE Law Suit Information Police Kill Chicago Mans Dog, Jury Awards $333K August 23, 2011 blogs.findlaw/injured/2011/08/police-kill-chicago-mans-dog-jury-awards-333k.html TAX PAYERS PAY SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PUPPYCIDE-GUILTY OFFICERS This article lasvegassun/news/2013/oct/28/lawsuits-alleging-civil-right-violations-climb-met/ talks about AGRiP - the Association of Governmental Risk Pools. Tax payers not only pay the salaries of PUPPYCIDE-GUILTY 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. Link to AGRiP: agrip.org/content.asp?contentid=227 The legal considerations video ( cops.igpa.uillinois.edu/resources/police-dog-encounters) associated with the Justice Departments Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) August 2011 publication called The Problem of Dog-Related Incidents and Encounters (ric-zai-inc/Publications/cops-p206-pub.pdf) cautions, On the streets you patrol, in the homes you enter, with the families you serve and protect, dogs are a part of the community fabric. And more and more, the community is watching and judging how police handle their encounters with dogs. It then cuts to a news report about a six-figure cash award to a family whose dog was killed by police. As lawsuits are filed, and awards and damages mount, municipal legal staffs, police departments, and even officers themselves are forced to confront this issue. An attorney then notes that individual police officers are personally on the hook for punitive damages. ************************************************ (3) PUPPYCIDE Prevalence HumanityForOthers Video1 in memory of PUPPYCIDE victims youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T-YZcBq5BJY HumanityForOthers Video2 in memory of PUPPYCIDE victims not in Video1 youtube/watch?v=kXTmlZvXxv8 Page with 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/ PUPPYCIDE Stats by State for the past 4 years: https://facebook/JusticeForLacy/notes The PUPPYCIDE page from Animal Voices includes links to PUPPYCIDE publications from professional law enforcement sources and national animal welfare organizations: animal-voices/puppycide/ Dogs Shot by Police Facebook Page: https://facebook/DogsShotbyPolice Webpage with links to numerous PUPPYCIDE articles furbyshouse/Dogs-Shot-By-Police.html 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 July 15, 2014: The Lexus Fund (thelexusproject.org/) founder, prominent NY animal law attorney, Richard Bruce Rosenthal, states in his Newsfront video piece (newsmax/Newsfront/police-dogs-killed-militarization/2014/07/15/id/582837/): Our law does recognize that a dog has a right to be safe and to be secure in his property, said Rosenthal. When a police officer — or anyone, for that matter — trespasses, to then suggest that theyre justified in killing the dog because the dog was not all warm and cuddly and friendly really stretches the point. ************************************************ (4) Elevated Status of Animals in Oregon Animals can be victims just like people, Oregon Supreme Court says oregonlive/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/08/animals_can_be_victims_just_li.html#incart_river_news Above posted on Dogs Shot by Police: https://facebook/DogsShotbyPolice Among Oregon’s strengths, the study said, were laws that increase penalties if the harm to the animal happened in the presence of a child aldf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-United-States-Animal-Protection-Laws-Rankings.pdf See this post for links to cases involving children witnessing PUPPYCIDE https://facebook/events/1506079356295175/permalink/1526594767576967/ ************************************************************************************ 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
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