From: Hannibal Police Department
Date: January 23, 2017
Phone: 573-221-0987
Fax: 573-221-3966
Contact: Chief Lyndell R. Davis
Community Service Officer Program Has Productive Year in 2016
Community Service Officer (CSO) Program continues to prove valuable to the community. The two CSOs assigned to the primary duties of animal control and certain property maintenance issues are kept busy with their various duties. They are gradually making a difference in areas that otherwise had seen no improvement or were in visible state of decline over the last few decades. In 2017 there will be even a more focused effort on property maintenance especially on the chronic issues most complained on by the public. In 2016 CSOs performed the following:
Total Number of Animal Control calls answered: 1587
Total animal related arrests (citations): 287
Citation breakdown:
Animal neglect 20
Cruelty to Animals 1
Dangerous Animal 2
Dog at large 76
Fail to vaccinate 93
Limit # of animals 1
No City Dog License 94
Total animal related warnings issued (written and verbal): 723
Animal Bite 28
Animal Complaint 237
Animal Neglect 59
Barking Dog 22
Dog at Large 377
Total number of animals seized by community service officer: 1211
Seized animal breakdown:
Dogs 397
Cats 439
Other 375*
*Non domesticated (Raccoons, possums, squirrels, etc..)
Property Maintenance:
Total number of property maintenance events: 249 incidents
Total number of citations issued: 175
Total warnings issued (written and verbal): 145
