Called with a dog at large complaint 4-27-2019, ac...
Called with a dog at large complaint 4-27-2019, actually 2 dogs that were harassing my livestock. I had captured one of the dogs and was holding it for evidence while the second dog had left, neither dog had any collar or identification. I recognized the dog as the same one that had been on my property several times before. I have had altercations several different times with the owner of these dogs about trespassing by the dogs and the owner himself. When the deputy arrived, he told me that he had no way to transport the dog. I told him who I believed to be the owner, and a general idea of where he lived. When I tried to tell the officer about the past instances of problems with the owner and his dogs, the deputy told me that he didn't want to hear about things in the past. He said none of that mattered and the only thing that mattered was from this point on. I had also tried to tell him about the dog owner who has been tampering with "no trespassing " signs that were posted specifically to keep him off of the property. This person cut a path through the border fence and continues to use it to trespass on this property, again, the deputy said that he didn't want to hear about that either. This was, more or less, my last ditch effort to get it through this person's head to respect the property line, which he just continues to disregard. The deputy located the owner of the dogs and brought him back to have me turn over the dog to him to take it home. The deputy then carried on with a lecture to me that I did the right thing by calling them but he was not going to issue a citation. I have been extremely patient with this person, and I don't want to waste law enforcement's time and resources, but the only thing that the deputy did was escalate the problem. Now the offender can continue to thumb his nose at the law without any regard for other peoples property. I called because I expected him to issue a citation NOT to give another warning. The deputy also said that I shouldn't take this into my own hands, but when I put it in their hands, they did nothing!
Update: Maybe found out why they didn't want to issue a citation; The offender just happens to be the manager for an adjacent city's water department. Hmmm?