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Resident says Milford dog-control voicemail was full after report of loose dogs
Summary
After a reported April 16 incident involving two large dogs in a driveway, resident Ed Cox said he could not reach the Milford Dog Control Officer because the officer's cell phone voicemail was full and other listed numbers routed back to that cell number; Cox called 911 and said the communication failure was unacceptable.
Ed Cox described an April 16 incident in which two large dogs (about 60 and 75 pounds) were in his driveway and his wife was unable to get out of the car. Cox said he called 911 and was instructed to contact the Milford Dog Control Officer, but when Cox called the officer's cell phone it did not answer and the voicemail was full and not accepting new messages. Alternate numbers listed routed him back to the same cell phone. Cox said the situation resolved without the officer's intervention once one dog left, but he called the lack of reachable contact information unacceptable.
Supervisor Austin Partridge said he would call the Dog Control Officer and suggest updating the voicemail message to include the deputy's contact information and that appointed Town officials must maintain accessible phones and respond to messages promptly.
