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w_ SPONSOR Councilman Halsse
ORDINANCE N0. 12081
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, BY
ENACTING ONE NEW SECTION PROHIBITING THE ABUSE OF ANIMALS USED IN LAW
Q. ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS.
WHEREAS, it has become distressingly commonplace for dogs used in the K-9 Unit of the
City of Jefferson Police Department to be threatened, assaulted, mistreated and otherwise
abused while assisting law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to protect the health and well-being of dogs and all other
animals used by the Police Department and other law enforcement entities within the City of
Jefferson,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 18 of Code of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, shall be amended to add
anew Section 18=175 prohibiting the abuse of animals used in law enforcement within the City of
Jefferson, Missouri, and providing penalties for violators and said new section shall read as
follows:
Section 18-175. Abuse of Police Animals.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously kill, assault, torture,
torment, threaten, beat, strike, kick, mutilate, injure, disable, arouse, anger, excite or otherwise
Interfere with any animal while it is being caged, kenneled, transported, exhibited, exercised, or
` used in discharging or attempting discharge of any lawful duty or function or power of office by
any bona fide police officer or his representative for any police agency.
B. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance, upon conviction shall be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or shall
be imprisoned for not more than three (3) months, or shall be both fined and sentenced.
Section 2: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its enactment
and approval due to the urgent need to protect dogs and other animals used in law
enforcement.
PASSED: APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
City Cler
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