§ 6-1.203. Police dogs.

(a)

Where a police officer has a right to enter or be present in, at, or upon any place, public or private, in the performance of official police duties, any dog, and the handler of any dog, used by the Police Department in the performance of official duties shall have the right to enter or be present in, at or upon any such place.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully torture, tease, torment, beat, kick, strike, mutilate, injure, disable or kill any dog used by the Police Department in the performance of its functions or duties or to interfere with any such dog which is used or being used by the Police Department, or any officer or member thereof, in the performance of any of the functions or duties of the Police Department or of such officer or member. Violation of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor.

(c)

The provisions of Section 6-1.101 of Article 1 of this chapter shall not and do not apply to dogs which have been trained for official police duties and which are used for said purposes by the Police Department.

(§ 1, Ord. 582, eff. September 26, 1984)