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Animal Control/ PD: Stop intimidating, harassing and forcing families to euthanize their dogs.
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    1. Morgan Hill City Council Member (+ 12 others)
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      • Morgan Hill City Council Member (Marilyn Librers)
      • Morgan Hill Mayor Pro Tempore (Larry Carr)
      • Morgan Hill Mayor (Steve Tate)
      • Animal Care and Control (Officer Tim Moon)
      • Morgan Hill Police Dept, CA, USA (Officer Carson Thomas)
      • Morgan Hill Police Dept, CA, USA (Officer Shane Palsgrove)
      • Morgan Hill Police Dept,CA, USA (Officer David Swing)
      • Morgan Hill City Council Member (Rich Constantine)
      • Morgan Hill City Council Member (Gordon Siebert)
      • Morgan Hill Police Analyst (Margarita Balagso)
      • Morgan Hill Police Dept,CA, USA (Captain Jerry Neumayer)
      • Morgan Hill City Manager (Ed Tewes)
      • County Board of Supervisor (Mike Wasserman)
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    Michael Rudolphe
    San Martin, CA
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The PD / Animal Control frivolously classifies dogs they receive complaints against as dangerous and forces their families to euthanize them. They do not file a case in court as required by law and give the families their right to a hearing. The PD is misusing their power as law enforcers against voiceless animals and people who simply just do what the cops tell them to do, at times sacrificing their rights.

When familes fight for their right to a hearing, the ofiicers :

- Deny/ lie about legal rights available to families to fight for their dogs.

- Lie about court orders passed by judges to euthanize their dogs when no case has even been filed in the court.

- Intimidate families with threats of arrests and vindictive hearings conducted by officers who are not independent.

- In some cases, abuse their power of discretion "to prove a point" by conducting improper arrests .

This case is important to me to give voice to all the animals and their families who have been stripped off their voice. In addition, there should be some accountability and consequences for the actions of the officers who do this.

With this, hopefully we can set some small precedent in Morgan Hill and elsewhere that will provide a bit more protection to animals and their families from such abuse in the future.

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Morgan Hill PD: Stop intimidating, harassing and forcing families to euthanize their dogs.

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Morgan Hill Police Dept.

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The PD/ Animal Control frivolously classifies dogs they receive complaints against as dangerous and forces their families to euthanize them. They do not file a case in court as required by law and give the families their right to a hearing. The PD is misusing their power as law enforcers against voiceless animals and people who simply just do what the cops tell them to do, at times sacrificing their rights.

When families fight for their right to a hearing, the officers:

- Deny/ lie about legal rights available to families to fight for their dogs.

- Lie about court orders passed by judges to euthanize their dogs when no case has even been filed in the court.

- Intimidate families with threats of arrests and vindictive hearings conducted by officers who are not independent.

- In some cases, abuse their power of discretion "to prove a point" by conducting improper arrests .

This case is important to me to give voice to all the animals and their families who have been stripped off their voice. In addition, there should be some accountability and consequences for the actions of the officers who do this.

With this, hopefully we can set some small precedent in Morgan Hill that will provide a bit more protection to the animals and their families from such abuse in the future.
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