"This morning at 7:05, 2 Police SUV’s and a Van pulled over to us sitting on the ground with our dogs, by the benches behind the tree. The window of one rolled down & a voice questioned why our dogs were off the leash. Our ID’s were demanded and we were told to wait as the window rolled up and 2 other cops came out of their vehicles & joined the one to discuss our situation. 3 vehicals – 3 cops – 15 minutes of attention for aprox 11 lbs worth of unleashed dogs sitting on their owners lap, in a park, early in the morning."
"The summons both Charlie & I received were for criminal court appearances (mandatory or a warrant for our arrests’ will be issued) and cost $200 each. The photo above is of the lawbreakers waiting, as instructed by the officer, while our ID’s were check for outstanding warrants or acts of terrorism or whatever these little critters could cook up. I do feel safer now, don’t you?"
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
NYPD working hard to close up budget gap
A reader sent along a link to the blog, Lori E. Seid… And How Was Your Day? This post is from last Monday, the first day of summer in Tompkins Square Park:
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Hallelujah !! FINALLY the NYPD addresses this problem. There are off-leash dogs all over the place, and all with owners who obviously think they are above the law.
ReplyDeletePay your fines. Don't do it again.
Those are two very cute little terrorists!
ReplyDeleteAgreed! The law is the law. If you knowning violate it you deserve what you get, goes for the worst of the worst crimes to the lowly "dog off the leash" ones.
ReplyDeleteThat said, why do we not see the same cops doing something about all of the crusties? There are more stray needles floating around than pooches!
I have a 2yo toddler. she loves dogs, and many of them are nice. some aren't.
ReplyDeleteshe's been bum-rushed by more than one dog in the park whose owner took the leash off.
keep it in the dog run.
your off-leash dogs are a menace.
That's fucked up. Talk about not being able to distinguish between letter & spirit of the law. "Law is the law"? Well how about jay-walking, that is prohibited by law, rampant, slows down vehicle traffic, endangers pedestrians own safety (ok well maybe if pedestrians are stupid enough to cross in front of moving vehicles w/o right of way they deserve what they get) not to mention a potential source of revenue for the city.
ReplyDeleteDoggy should've been leashed but under the circumstances, the $200 fine is just unfortunate on both sides. Sorry for doggy owner that he or she has to pay and sorry for the bratty cops who are not acting in the best interest of the citizenry.
Had your complaint been limited to a waste of police resources, I'd be with you. But your other dog is clearly leashed in the photo. The reason tiny dogs tend to be agressive little sh*ts is because owners assume they can do no harm and so don't discipline them for doing things like biting that they'd go ape over for normal size dogs. Should you also not get a ticket for failing to clean up after a tiny dog because it doesn't make as large a mess?
ReplyDeleteI have only one complaint--walking in the street I do not like being rushed at by some 40 pound dog and almost being knocked over and the pain that ensues. Otherwise I love those pups!!!
ReplyDeleteIf I get caught and ticketed for jay-walking, so be it.
ReplyDeleteYou can try and try to make sure tree branches are pruned so they don't fall and kill people but sometimes sh$t happens, you can't police an act of God. But you sure as hell can keep a leash on a dog.
Does this really warrant 3 cops though?
ReplyDeleteEarlier this year, just 1 block away on 7th Street btw A & 1, there was a massive brawl at 4am w/ 20-30+ people (check out the pictures on Neither More Nor Less).
- Guess how many cops showed up? - 2
- Guess how many arrests were made/tickets were given? - 0
Gee, good thing we have these dogs leashed...
Reading some of these comments I'm surprised to find out that people are wary of being accosted by strange dogs. Maybe their energy is not calm and assertive enough.
ReplyDeleteYour dogs are adorable, but leash laws aren't that difficult to abide by. There's a woman I see on Avenue A that regularly walks a rottweiler with the leash dragging on the ground. I'm sure if I say something she'll tell me how cute and cuddly it is. Which is ALWAYS what the owner says in those horrible NY Post articles where it attacks a kid.
ReplyDeleteBetween this and the post a couple weeks ago about tying up your dog, I remember last fall I was standing in front of Mary O's and a saw a guy tie his dog to the post card stand at Essex card shop. A minute later another dog walks by, the dogs get into it, and all you see is the tied up dog crossing Avenue A at full speed, post card rack dragging behind him. I chased it down third st toward B but had no chance to catch up. The post card rack dinged some guy in the leg pretty hard. Not sure what happened to the dog, hope he was alright. I'm sure the sound of the rack just kept scaring him and making him run faster. So I guess leash your dog, and then attach that leash to something stable.
I got a ticket for smoking pot near Ave B/10th St by 3 undercover cops. Showed up for the hearing & it was dismissed for lack of evidence ie unless thy sent the joint to the lab, they couldn't prove anything. Point is that corner will never see me smoking pot again.
ReplyDeleteThat dog needs to be put down.
ReplyDeleteLighten up folks. It was 7 AM (AM as in Morning- when no one is around!) and the dogs are tinier than your average toaster. What ever happened to irony (and community)...or is everyone in the EV so on edge that we're becoming our own (and each others) enemies?
ReplyDeleteScrew your little dogs. Put them on a leash you lazy bastard.
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