Control Pole & Dash Cam Video - Dog on Freeway

Note: This video is long, it was not edited for the length of time I was on the call, I wanted to convey just how long it takes sometimes to capture a dog.

I have combined video taken by my Control Pole Cam and my Dash Cam from the same call of a dog on the freeway. He was soon chased off the freeway and was caught with assistance from another animal control unit.

I hope to use this video, and others like it that I have been capturing with my two video cameras, to help train new animal control officers. Why is this on YouTube then? It's here to give people a real life look into actual animal control work, not like the stuff you see on TV...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• control
• ketch
• catch
• pole
• cam
• dash
• animal
• aggressive
• loose
• stray
• injured
• dog
• bite
• freeway
• fearful
• traffic
• highway
• patrol

[davidsofyn]

wtf? out of all of the methods of getting that dog into the van he uses that so called "control" pole?? and adds the camera to show it off? the dog is scared and how would you react if your scared and vulnerable and someone comes to you with a pole in your face? sure it may be a dangerous dog but is doesnt mean you can just shove a fucking pole onto his neck and treat like a fucking wild lion from africa.

[SixbyFire]

I'm all for hearing new ideas about how to capture animals, fire away! And, before you bring it up, we rarely use chemical capture, i.e. tranquilizers, on dogs.

We use the control pole for fearful or aggressive dogs so our officers are not bitten, officer safety is priority number one here, if you can't keep yourself safe, you can't help anyone else.

The camera isn't to "show it off" either, it's a new way of looking at things that the general public or new ACOs have never seen before...

[mikecommish]

"Out of all the Methods" Tell me sir, What are all the methods?? Yes, the animal was scared,I get it, but you act as if there are some other methods. True, the officer could have locked the white gate I see in the video, in someone elses front yard, played the dog wisperer, gained its trust, and then 5 to 6 hours later tried to load him onto his truck. Off to the shelter and then vet check him, realizing it would be weeks of rehab, hundreds of dollars in meds and boarding. You got the cash????

[SixbyFire]

You can see me in the video run out to try to close the white gate. Maybe 95% of people with electric driveway gates in this area have gates that are broken and will open and close by hand. This house was one of the 5% with a gate that actually worked and couldn't be pulled closed.

It would have given us more time if we could have gotten that gate closed, but I'm sure we would have used the control pole on the dog anyway since it's always safer for the dog when compared to chemical capture.

[wtfmurphy]

Resisting Arrest

Punishable by Execution...

But no really what did you guys do with the dog after you caught it? after all it was a crazed mofo

[SixbyFire]

Well, animal control work does not always have a happy ending. Thankfully the dog didn't die by getting hit on the freeway, nor did it cause a motor vehicle accident which might have injured people. He was held for 5 days, before being humanely tranquilized and euthanized.

I didn't put it in the video's info, but someone threw him out of their vehicle, along with his favorite blanket, the day before this video was shot. There was a witness, but they didn't get a license plate number.

[wtfmurphy]

people like that should go die...

[caragon112]

@d4jvc485 exactly. these people are just dumb.

[caragon112]

@SixbyFire I would love to see any of these people in these comments go try to catch that dog in that situation with no control pole. it was no harm to the dog either. necessary.

[sweetsendaedreamr]

pole is better than using rope /lasso..dog would choke to death.

[pinkhazey]

lol naw man what i met was when you said 'some people think they shouldn't be used' i was seconding that they should be.

[roadmonitoroz]

I think you misread my comment. Unless a 'catchpole' you mentioned is something different to a control stick which is what he was using with the cam attached from my understanding. Please re-read my comment and clarify what your saying. Thanks.

[pinkhazey]

why the hell shouldn't catchpoles be used? they're safe and effective. they protect the dogcatcher and the animals alike. nothing wrong there.

[roadmonitoroz]

I like the control pole cam. Very unique perspective. As for the people saying it shouldn't be used, well that dog looked pretty vicious. If a control stick wasn't used the dog catcher would have been bitten for sure. Surely everyone saw how the dog was biting in to the stick numerous times.

Great video. Keep em coming

[ACO056kk]

I use treats, i use commands or i try a regular leash, after that, out comes the pole. I had to fight off a crazed Weimaraner who bit 3 ppl, while and P.O stood over my shoulder with his glock, I had to pry an 8yr old kids head out of a crazy Alaskan Malamutes jaws. At some point, criminals whether Human or Animal, looses its right to a non violent apprehension.

KK

[vtwinbreed]

And that's why I don't like No-Kill shelters, they advertise that fact like they keep the animal until it's adopted. When in all actual reality, they just transfer it to a facility that will kill it.

It's just merely an advertising gimmick.