Ordinance No. 88-26 CITY OF TI:GARD, OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 88 e�Ct�
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO TAMPER WITH ANIMALS USED FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the "figard Police Department use dogs For, police services;
WHEREAS, the police have experienced situations in which people tease the dogs
while locked in a patrol car;
WHEREAS, dogs used for police work by other- police departments have been
injured by deliberate acts;
WHEREAS, the police have experienced situations where the dogs, while acting
in the line of duty, have been called while chasing a suspect and while
tracking evidence; and
WHEREAS, the police depend on the dogs for law enforcement purposes;
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLI_.OWS:
SECTION 1. The following shall. be, added to the Tigard Municipal Code,
chapter 7:28.
A person coazunits the crime, of tampering with a dog used for
law enforcement purposes if:
(1) The person intentionally tampers or interferes with a
dog while the dog is acting in the line of duty by
calling t:he dng, or by other, behavior attempts to
distract the dog form doing or attempting to do what it
has been instructed to do by a police officer;
(2) The person intentionally teases, harasses, or incites a
dog while the dog is caged, be i.rig transported,
exhibited or exercised, or while it is within a police
vehicle; or
(3) The person intentionally tortures, strikes, injures, or
kills a dog,
b. Tampering with a dog used for- law enforcement purposes is a
Class A Misdemeanor.
Section 2. This ordinance is necessary to protect the general welfare and
safety of the people of the City of Tigard because the safety
and welfare of the police service dogs is recleiired for an
efficient operation of the Police Department, therefore, an
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emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this cr•dinance shall
become efifoctive immediately upon passage and approval by the
City Council.
" This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its passage by
the Council, approval by the Mayor, and posting by the City
Recorder.
PASSED: By 5�___ vote of all Council members present
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after being read by number and title only, this /n day
of 1988.
C�herine Wheatley, Deputy Re.
APPROVED: 'This _ day of
Thomas M. Brian, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Attorneyy
Date
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