li>Patrols the City to observe violations of animal control ordinances and respond accordingly;
Responds to complaints from citizens regarding animals; discusses situation with owner and/or complainant; determines if there is a violation of ordinance; issues warnings or citations;
Provides information and assistance to citizens such as discussing ordinances, department policies, or animal control procedures;
Captures wild, stray, or hostile and aggressive animals using various animal control tools, including the use of a tranquilizer gun, or takes other corrective action as necessary; decides when use of the tranquilizer guns is appropriate and safe;
Transports captured animals to the animal pound or emergency animal clinic;
Prepares reports of incidents and submits copies to supervisor for review as required;
Performs follow-up investigations on animal bite/attack incidents including verifying rabies vaccination with veterinarian, animal quarantine, contacting victim and/or owner with rabies information;
Investigates animal cruelty incidents, barking dog investigations; interviews complainants, suspects and witnesses; prepares case reports for criminal charges in cruelty cases;
Testifies in court regarding animal attack or animal cruelty, barking dog cases;
Enter homes/vehicles and remove animals by request from officers for safekeeping due to arrest/hospitalization/death;
Investigate animal hoarding and neglect situations, possibly to include removing numerous animals in unsanitary conditions;
Work with local animal rescues for assistance in large scale situations as well as assisting with community events;
On occasion, work with other city/county law enforcement to provide animal welfare assistance (capture and transportation);
Investigate purported animal abandonment;
Attempt to identify owners of found animals through physical means (collar/ID tag), as well as utilizing microchip scanner;
Contacting owner and/or returning animal home when appropriate;
Maintain records/knowledge of repeat animal violators;
Maintain records for declared potentially dangerous and dangerous dogs within the City of Fargo.
Assists with traffic control during emergency situations;
Reports accidents, road hazards, malfunctioning traffic lights, downed street signs, etc. to ensure proper city personnel are aware of the situation;
Responds to calls of found or abandoned property, including bicycles; secures and stores property, impounds bicycles and transports them to storage facility and twice a year to bike auctions; do stolen bike reports when there are no suspects;
Utilizes computer skills to research and follow up on stolen bicycle complaints in an effort to identify theft patterns and to return bicycles to the rightful owners;
Assist with traffic control at public events;
Assist at community events;
Attempt to contact found property owners, when known, to return property.