LODI — Lodi cops said Monday that they have actually finished up their examination into the cops killing of a family pet husky that was loose and “aggressive” in a community 2 weeks earlier.
The dog’s owners, Anna Marquez and Aline Galeno, informed CBS13 the department’s account of the dog being aggressive is incorrect and not supported with proof. They worked with an animal rights lawyer Monday to represent them as more than $25,000 has been donated online to money what they state will be a legal pursuit of justice for their dog, Enzo.
A video recorded by a next-door neighbor reveals the minute a Lodi law enforcement officer fires a taser numerous times at a dog they were contacted us to capture.
As the officer stuns the dog, the next-door neighbor is heard on video sobbing out in shock “Oh, my God” and asking the officer why they needed to tase the dog, when by this next-door neighbor’s account on the video, it was not acting strongly.
The video reveals the husky going limp after being tased numerous times. Its body is then drug to an animal control officer’s car.
“That’s wrong. Not for a human, not for a dog,” said Marquez.
Credit: Aline Gelano
Enzo’s caring owners state he left your house by mishap on January 24 and was dead hours later on when they went to select him up at animal control.
“He was never ever aggressive towards any person,” said Aline through tears. “He’s the best dog ever. Seeing him like that and seeing how stiff he was. I felt his head and they had tasers on the back of his head.”
The next-door neighbor’s video of their dog passing away was painstaking for both Marquez and Gelano to see, however they did.
“I was upset. I didn’t wish to see the rest of it. However I resembled, ‘I’m not going to quit on this, I’m not going to let them sweep it under the carpet,’ ” said Gelano.
Their sorrow is still fresh as a memorial to Enzo sits outside their home.
“He was faithful, caring, amusing. He was so unique,” said Gelano.
Enzo was among 4 dogs the family owns. Both owners keep he has actually never ever acted strongly towards another dog or individual. They included there have actually been no previous calls to Lodi cops about Enzo being aggressive prior to this.
Nevertheless, the January 24 event started when a next-door neighbor called animal control to capture a loose husky, that was by their account, aggressive. The next-door neighbor and cops reported that Enzo was threatening next-door neighbors and close-by family pets and “that it had actually gone after a family, with children, into their residence and was attempting to bite them” according to Lodi Cops.
His owners state it’s a story they do not think.
“There’s no other way. We have a lot of witnesses stating Enzo was not being aggressive,” said Aline.
Lodi cops state an animal control officer attempted unsuccessfully to capture the dog two times prior to cops backup was called and the taser was utilized. That option has individuals in your area and throughout the country now slamming this usage of force.
“Not just did he tase him one time, he continued to tase him. Their objective that day, I think, was to eliminate this dog,” said Zohra Fahim, of the Lodi Alliance for Animals. “This was not a warranted usage of force, it was extreme force.”
The animal advocacy group is requiring the policeman and animal control officers on the scene to be fired and held responsible.
“Consisting of the DA filing animal ruthlessness charges and passing Enzo’s law so this does not occur to another dog once again,” said Fahim.
Gelano echoed the exact same belief.
“I’m gonna be strong for Enzo and simply keep going,” said Gelano. “I do not desire this to occur once again. I wish to alter the law for tasers being utilized on dogs.”
Lodi Cops Chief Sierra Brucia launched a declaration Monday to CBS13 about their examination. It checks out completely:
“Our department has actually finished the examination into the scenarios that resulted in Enzo’s death. That examination consists of witness declarations, officer declarations, video of Enzo prior to his death, our dispatch logs, radio traffic, and our Animal Solutions’ logs associating with previous grievances in the location. We have actually supplied all of this info to the San Joaquin County District Lawyer’s workplace for their evaluation and decision of whether animal ruthlessness charges are called for. After the DA’s decision we will have the ability to supply an additional upgrade to our neighborhood with what we discovered in our examination.
An internal affairs examination is likewise being performed to figure out if our staff members broke any department policies.
We can guarantee our neighborhood that we take this event seriously which we have actually positioned considerable value on finishing this examination rapidly and completely. Furthermore, we have actually transferred to bring outdoors suppliers into the department to supply extra training in handling at- big animals and we have actually begun investigating other tools available for our staff members’ usage. Thank you once again for your persistence as we finish this complex examination.”
Gelano and Marquez state they now prepare to take legal action against the city and the cops department for Enzo’s death.
