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Civil grand jury urges tougher leash enforcement, data transparency and interagency access on dog bites

Government Audit and Oversight Committee · October 17, 2018
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Summary

The 2017–18 civil grand jury recommended more enforcement of leash laws, public bite statistics and better data sharing between Animal Care & Control and SFPD; ACC officials and supervisors debated enforcement capacity, privacy and technical access to the Chameleon database.

The civil grand jury presented a report on dogs and public safety recommending that Animal Care & Control (ACC) consider increased leash-ticket enforcement, publish bite statistics online, and make dog-incident data more readily accessible to the San Francisco Police Department’s Vicious and Dangerous Dog unit.

Paul Ferdner, presenting for the jury, said the jury found the…

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