Bylaw unit’s animal control policies up for review
The city’s bylaw unit will be reviewing their procedures around animal control over the next month and conducting a broader strategic review over the winter in an effort to save resources without reducing service.
At today’s meeting of the Prince Albert Board of Police Commissioners, Police Chief Troy Cooper said he intends to review the bylaw unit’s procedures around animal control to enforce the city’s laws more efficiently. Cooper also announced a broader strategic review of the city’s bylaw enforcement unit, which is intended to reduce the time between complaint and resolution, and will be conducted over the winter.
Cooper said the city’s bylaw officers are more proactive than ever when it comes to traffic enforcement, but they need to devise ways to become more efficient in other areas.
“As they get more authority to do enforcement around traffic control and that sort of thing, it makes less and less sense for them to spend their time doing some of the duties that might not need that kind of training and that kind of expertise,” Cooper said. “Animal control is a really good example of that.”