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This 8 hour class provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges that Animal Control Officers and law enforcement officers face on a daily basis across our country. Many times, ACOs and patrol officers are sent on the uneventful “barking dog” complaint. Most of the time, officers find just that, a barking dog, but many times, beyond that bark, there may be a link to evidence of animal abuse or connection to a crime. To the trained officer, that discovery may lead to the intrinsic relationship between animal cruelty and violence towards human victims that may only be a closed door away. This course enters into the world of domestic violence, gangs, narcotics, animal cruelty and most importantly, officer safety upon encountering such evidence.

Workshop Content:

• · Animal Cruelty:  Why bother?  It’s only an animal!
• · Why should you care?
• · Why we do care about animals
• · What is animal cruelty?
• · Body Condition Scoring
• · How to recognize the signs of animal abuse or neglect
• · Animal’s Behavior
• · Dangerous Dog Laws – Generic
• · Procedures and Pitfalls
• · Duty of an ACO or any LEO
• · The Cycle of Violence
• · Hoarders
• · Ritualistic Animal Abuse Investigations
• · Law Enforcement vs. the Occult
• · Animal Sacrifices and Deaths
• · The Animal as Evidence
• · Blood Sports – Dog fighting, Cockfighting
• · Evidence Collection
• · Criminal Investigation
• · Approaching and Controlling the Animal Crime Scene
• · Photographing the Scene
• · When Your Evidence is an Animal
• · A Word about Veterinarians
• · A Quick Guide to Saving Your Hide – Officer Safety: Or, How Not to Get Hurt
• · Recognizing Aggressive or Dangerous Breeds
• · Learn to “Read” the Animal
• · Handling Animals Safely
• · Avoiding the Bite
• · Why People Get Hurt
• · Special Handling of Other Types of Animals
• · Absolutes of Animal Rescue