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If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer.


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Sec. 4-4. Resisting, interfering with, etc., animal control officers.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person by any physical act to interfere with, resist, molest, obstruct, hinder or impede any animal control officer in the discharge of such officer’s duty or to assault, attack, strike or to use any type of physical force toward any such animal control officer while in the discharge of such officer’s duty.

(b) When an animal control officer of the city is engaged in the discharge of such officer’s duty and this is, or should be, evident to a reasonably prudent person then present, or if such animal control officer is known to such person to be an animal control officer of the city, or such animal control officer is in regular animal control uniform or exhibits an animal control badge or credentials or otherwise identifies him/herself as such animal control officer, it shall of itself be prima facie notice to such person that the animal control officer is such and is then and there so acting.

(Ord. No. 3588, 3-25-93)

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5 Responses to “If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer.”

Comment from britttyyy
Time June 9, 2010 at 4:08 pm

hahah wtf??

Comment from ozzy
Time June 24, 2010 at 7:53 pm

oh really?? i had no fricken clue thats what it meant. god, these people are dumbasses. pardon the language.

Comment from Reaver141
Time March 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm

LOL would someone wearing a uniforn auto single that they are what the uniform is LMFAO

Comment from raugh
Time April 26, 2011 at 12:44 am

sounds like monty python right there.

Comment from Anonymous
Time January 7, 2012 at 9:10 pm

That doesn’t really need stating. If that needs stating, what is the world coming to?

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