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Wenatchee Valley Humane Society details licensing push, outreach and body-cam use
Summary
Humane Society staff briefed the Wenatchee City Council on midyear animal-control activity, new licensing tools, expanded outreach including a planned lisence-amnesty event, and use of body-worn cameras to document responses and train officers.
The Wenatchee Valley Humane Society told the Wenatchee City Council on July 24 that it has rolled out body cameras for officers, plans community licensing and amnesty events, and is focusing enforcement and outreach on neglect and public-safety issues.
The presentation came during a scheduled staff update; no formal council action was required.
The society said all field officers now wear body cameras, which the presenter described as useful “to review cases, helps to corroborate information when we’re looking, particularly in really heightened, emotional engagements, to see what really happened, and, to help with, witness statements.” The…
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