An animal control officer arrived at the park, but made no attempt to contact anyone, in fact the officer did not exit the vehicle. He drove away before we could approach him and explain what was going on.
The dog apparently lives at the house behind the chain link fence to the west of the community center. Their cinder block wall is damaged and down, which allows the dog to exit their yard and get between the chain link fence and the cinder block walls. The dog then crawls under the chain link fence to another area just to the west of the parking spots, then under that fence and into the park. The dog retreated when approached, but growled menacingly. It made several attempts to crawl under the fence before it was successful. His collar kept getting caught on the fence. If he does get caught, he could be seriously injured or strangled. If he attacks someone in the park, that will be a whole other world of problems. The officer made no attempt to investigate the situation. He was there five minutes or less. Because I was the one who called it in, my friends were waiting for me to talk to the officer (I had gone inside the center to use the restroom). He had come and gone by the time I came back outside (maybe 5 minutes). In my initial call, I informed the 311 representative that we were a large group of moms sitting under a tree in the park, south of the building. It was plain to see where we were.
This is our favorite park and there is a group of about 8-10 moms who bring their kids to play there every week. Some of the kids have autism and other developmental delays and might not know better than to approach a stray dog, or worse, any of the kids running around could provoke a vicious dog to attack. If an officer returns to the area, he will see the house in question, the broken down fence, and the access to the park by the dog. Additionally, there is a great amount of large dog feces in that area of the park, possibly from the dog in question. The owners need to be told to fix their fence. This is a dangerous situation. Please do something about it as soon as possible. Thank you.
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The dog apparently lives at the house behind the chain link fence to the west of the community center. Their cinder block wall is damaged and down, which allows the dog to exit their yard and get between the chain link fence and the cinder block walls. The dog then crawls under the chain link fence to another area just to the west of the parking spots, then under that fence and into the park. The dog retreated when approached, but growled menacingly. It made several attempts to crawl under the fence before it was successful. His collar kept getting caught on the fence. If he does get caught, he could be seriously injured or strangled. If he attacks someone in the park, that will be a whole other world of problems. The officer made no attempt to investigate the situation. He was there five minutes or less. Because I was the one who called it in, my friends were waiting for me to talk to the officer (I had gone inside the center to use the restroom). He had come and gone by the time I came back outside (maybe 5 minutes). In my initial call, I informed the 311 representative that we were a large group of moms sitting under a tree in the park, south of the building. It was plain to see where we were.
This is our favorite park and there is a group of about 8-10 moms who bring their kids to play there every week. Some of the kids have autism and other developmental delays and might not know better than to approach a stray dog, or worse, any of the kids running around could provoke a vicious dog to attack. If an officer returns to the area, he will see the house in question, the broken down fence, and the access to the park by the dog. Additionally, there is a great amount of large dog feces in that area of the park, possibly from the dog in question. The owners need to be told to fix their fence. This is a dangerous situation. Please do something about it as soon as possible. Thank you.