Animal\nServices Provides for the care and control of animals in\nthe Louisville Metro area, including pet licensing and pet adoption.
\n\nData Dictionary:
violation number - Number\nautomatically generated when a citation, civil penalty or violation is stored\nin Chameleon
\n\nviolation type
\n\nCIT CRUEL Uniform\nCitation where 525.130 has been charged
\nCIT DD/PDD Uniform Citation where 91.150 or 91.152 has been charged
\nCITATION Uniform Citation
\nCITE71 Uniform Citation issued in the field for someone contesting\nthe requirements of 91.071
\nCIVIL PEN Civil Penalty
\nCRIM COMP Criminal Complaint
\nV71/CITE When a offender does not comply with a VIOL 71 and a\nCITATION is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nV71/CP When a offender does not comply with a VIOL 71 and a CIVIL\nPEN is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nV71/CRIM When a offender does not comply with a VIOL 71 and a CRIM\nCOMP is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVET Violation Notice issued for vet care or grooming needs
\nVET/CRIM When a offender does not comply with a VET and a CRIM COMP\nis issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVIOL 71 Violation Notice issued when an animal has been impounded\nin the field and returned to it's owner. Charges can include 91.002, 91.020,\n91.071.
\nVIOL CTER Violation Notice issued when a pet that was impounded at\nthe shelter is redeemed by its owner. Charges can include 91.002, 91.020,\n91.071.
\nVIOL NOTIC Violation Notice
\nVIOL RED Violation Notice issued when a pet that was impounded at\nthe shelter is redeemed by its owner but a vet is not present to complete the\nrequirements of 91.071. Owner is given time to complete the requirements.\nCharges can include 91.002, 91.020, 91.071.
\nVIOL/CP When a offender does not comply with a VIOL NOTIC and a\nCIVIL PEN is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVIOL/CRIM When a offender does not comply with a VIOL NOTIC, or\nWARNING and a CRIM COMP is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVN/CITE When a offender does not comply with a VIOL NOTIC and a\nCITATION is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVOTC/CITE When an offender is issued a VIOL CTER but contest the\nrequirements of 91.071 so a CITATION is issued.
\nVOTC/CP When a offender does not comply with a VIOL CTER and a\nCIVIL PEN is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVOTC/CRIM When a offender does not comply with a VIOL CTER and a\nCRIM COMP is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVRED/CITE When a offender does not comply with a VIOL RED and a\nCITATION is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVRED/CP When a offender does not comply with a VIOL RED and a CIVIL\nPEN is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nVRED/CRIM When a offender does not comply with a VIOL RED and a\nCRIM COMP is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nWARN/CITE When a offender does not comply with a WARNING or VET and\na CITATION is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nWARN/CP When a offender does not comply with a WARNING and a CIVIL\nPEN is issued in its place for noncompliance.
\nWARNING Violation Notice where no fee is charged or owner is\nrequired to comply with a particular requirement such as fixing a fence,\ngetting a dog house, etc.
form - Unique\nnumber on each citation, civil penalty or violation used to identify the\nparticular form
\n\nviolation date - Date the\ncitation, civil penalty or violation was issued
\n\ncase number - Activity\nnumber associated with the citation and the sequence number associated with the\nrun. This number shows how many times an officer has worked that particular run
\n\ncase type
\n\nALLEY CAT TRAP A call where\nan animal control officer and a member of Alley Cat Advocates works together to\ntrap cats for TNR.
\nASSIST Any call where assistance is needed from an animal control\nofficer.
\nASSIST ACO Any call where an animal control officer requires\nassistance from another animal control officer.
\nASSIST FIRE Any call where Fire requires assistance from the animal\ncontrol officer.
\nASSIST OTHER Any call where another emergency responder or\ngovernment employee requires assistance from the animal control officer.
\nASSIST POLICE Any call where Police requires assistance from the\nanimal control officer.
\nASSIST SHERIFF Any call where an sheriff requires assistance from\nthe animal control officer.
\nCONVERT A call created when a officer is converting a violation\nnotice to a citation or a civil penalty for noncompliance.
\nCONVERT CITATION A call created when a officer is converting a\nviolation notice to a citation or a civil penalty for noncompliance.
\nINVESTIGAT Any complaint where an investigation is needed that does\nnot fit into a category already in use.
\nINVESTIGAT # POULTRY Any complaint where the caller states the\nowner has more poultry than allowed by the ordinance.
\nINVESTIGAT ABAN Any call for an owner leaving an animal for a\nperiod in excess of 24 hours, without the animal's owner or the owners’\ndesignated caretaker providing all provisions of necessities.
\nINVESTIGAT ABUSE A cruelty/abuse/neglect situation where the health\nand safety of an animal is in jeopardy because of exposure to extreme weather,\nor other neglect/abuse factors. Examples include reports of beating, hitting,\nkicking, burning an animal, dog currently suffering from injury or illness and\ncould die if treatment not provided
\nINVESTIGAT ANI ATACK Any call for an attack on an animal by another\nanimal.
\nINVESTIGAT BARKLETTER Any barking complaint where the caller wishes\nto remain anonymous.
\nINVESTIGAT BITE Any call for a bite from an animal to a person
\nINVESTIGAT BITEF This is used when an animal control officer is\nfollowing up on a bite investigation.
\nINVESTIGAT CHAINING Any complaint of a dog tethered illegally. The\ndispatcher must verify with the caller that the dog is not in distress and has\nnecessities such as water, shelter etc.
\nINVESTIGAT CROWLET Any crowing complaint where the caller wishes to\nremain anonymous.
\nINVESTIGAT DOGFIGHT Any call where a person or persons in engaged\nin fighting dogs or have fought dogs in the past.
\nINVESTIGAT ENCLOSURE Any complaint made due to an animal not being\nconfined securely in an enclosure. Examples being holes in fences, jumping a\nfence.
\nINVESTIGAT FECES LET Any complaint concerning a citizen not picking\nup after their animal where the caller wishes to remain anonymous.
\nINVESTIGAT FOLLOW UP This call is used when an animal control\nofficer is following up on an investigation.
\nINVESTIGAT LIC LETTER Any complaint to check license not reported\nby the Health Dept. or supervisor.
\nINVESTIGAT NEGLI A cruelty/abuse/neglect situation where the health\nand safety of an animal is in jeopardy because of exposure to extreme weather,\nor other neglect/abuse factors. Examples include reports of failure to provide\nvet care, thin animal, no shelter , no water/food.
\nINVESTIGAT OTHER Any complaint where an investigation is needed\nthat does not fit into a category already in use.
\nINVESTIGAT PET IN CAR Any complaint of an animal left in a car
\nINVESTIGAT TNR Any complaint of stray unowned cats
\nMAS A run made to meet a caller at Metro Animal Services
\nMAS TRAP Calls made by animal control officers when they are\ntrapping cats for TNR.
\nNUISANCE BARK Any complaint on a barking dog where the complainant\nwants to be contacted and give a statement
\nNUISANCE CROWING Any crowing complaint where the complainant wants\nto be contacted and give a statement.
\nNUISANCE OTHER Any complaint other than barking, crowing, and\nrestraint issues where the complainant wants to be contacted and give a\nstatement.
\nNUISANCE RESTRAINT Any restraint complaint where the complainant\nwants to be contacted and give a statement.
\nOTHER This category is used for a variety of calls including\npicking up tags, speaking at events, calls that do not have a category already
\nOWNED Any call for an owned animal that does not fit in one of the\nother categories.
\nOWNED AGGRESSIVE Any aggressive loose animal that is owned.\nAggressive behavior includes growling, showing teeth, lunging forward or\ncharging at the person or other animal.
\nPERMIT INS A call for an animal control officer to conduct a permit\ninspection at a particular location.
\nRESCUE DOMESTIC A call for an domestic animal in distress,\ntypically dogs and cats. These calls include dogs in lakes, animals in sewers\nor drains, cats in car engines, etc.
\nRESCUE LIVESTOCK A call for livestock in distress. This includes\ncattle stuck in ponds, cattle near a busy roadway, etc.
\nRESCUE OTHER A call for an domestic animal in distress, typically\nany other domestic animal or any call that does not fit in the other categories.
\nRESCUE WILDLIFE This call is typically used for a bat in someone's\nhome or business.
\nSTRAY Any call for an animal that is stray that does not fit a\nspecific category
\nSTRAY AGGRS Any aggressive loose animal that is stray. Aggressive\nbehavior includes growling, showing teeth, lunging forward or charging at the\nperson or other animal.
\nSTRAY CONF Any call for an unowned, non-aggressive animal,\nexcluding a bat, confined by a citizen that is not in a trap.
\nSTRAY INJURED Any call for a sick/injured animal that is life\nthreatening i.e. – vomiting or defecating blood, trouble breathing, unable to\nmove, hit by a car, visible wounds, bleeding profusely, unable to stand. This\nincludes sick or injured community cats.
\nSTRAY POSS OWNED Any animal running loose that has an owner or\npossible owner. This is used when the caller does not want to give a statement\nor be contacted.
\nSTRAY ROAM Any animal running loose that has no known owner,\nexcluding cats. Will be closed out after 72 hours if no further calls and no call\nback number.
\nSTRAY SICK Any call for a sick/injured animal that is life\nthreatening i.e. – vomiting or defecating blood, trouble breathing, unable to\nmove, hit by a car, visible wounds, bleeding profusely, unable to stand. This\nincludes sick or injured community cats.
\nSTRAY TRAP Any call for a dog or cat, excluding a bat, confined in\na trap. This includes checking a trap set by LMAS daily.
\nSURRENDER A call to pick up an owned animal that the owner wants to\nsurrender.
\nSURRENDER CAT A call to pick up an owned cat that the owner wants\nto surrender.
\nSURRENDER DOG A call to pick up an owned dog that the owner wants\nto surrender.
\nSURRENDER LITTER PUP A call to pick up an owned litter of puppies\nthat the owner wants to surrender.
\nTRANSPORT A call for an animal control officer to take an item to a\nparticular location. This includes picking up tags from vets, delivering traps\nthat belong to a citizen, etc.
\nTRANSPORT ANIMALA call to take an animal to a location. Examples include\ntaking an animal to a vet, taking an animal to the Kentucky Humane Society,\netc.
\nTRANSPORT DISMAS When an animal control officer returns or picks up\na member of Dismas to or from the halfway house.
\nTRANSPORT HEAD TO LAB Specimens to go to the Health Department for\nrabies testing.
\nTRANSPORT JEFFERSON Dropping off or picking up an injured/sick\nanimal from Jefferson Animal Hospital.
\nTRANSPORT NECROPSY When an animal control officer takes a body of\nanimal to the University of Kentucky for a necropsy.
\nTRANSPORT OTHER A call for an animal control officer to take an\nitem to a particular location. This includes picking up tags from vets,\ndelivering traps that belong to a citizen, etc.
\nTRANSPORT SNIP A call to take a cat(s) to the SNIP Clinic for\nsurgery, or pick up cat from the SNIP Clinic from surgery
\nTRANSPORT SNR A call where an animal control officer returns a cat\nto the field that has been spayed/neutered, vaccinated and ear tipped as per\nthe ordinance LMO 91.130
\nTRANSPORT TNR A call where an animal control officer returns a cat\nto the field that has been spayed/neutered, vaccinated and ear tipped as per\nthe ordinance LMO 91.130
\nVET NOTICE A run for an animal control officer to follow up on a\nviolation notice that was issued for vet care where the owner has not shown\ncompliance.
\nVET NOTICE FOLLOW UP A run for an animal control officer to follow\nup on a violation notice that was issued for vet care where the owner has not\nshown compliance.
\nWILDLIFE Any call for wildlife that does not fit in another\ncategory.
\nWILDLIFE AGGRS Any call for aggressive wildlife (MAS no longer\nresponds to these calls. Callers must now contact the Kentucky Department of\nFish and Wildlife)
\nWILDLIFE CONF Any call for a bat in a residence or a possible\nexposure to a bat.
\nWILDLIFE INJURED Any call for injured wildlife (MAS no longer\nresponds to these calls. Callers must now contact the Kentucky Department of\nFish and Wildlife)
\nWILDLIFE SICK Any call for sick wildlife (MAS no longer responds to\nthese calls. Callers must now contact the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife)
\nWILDLIFE TRAP Any call for a bat in a residence or a possible\nexposure to a bat.
\nXTRA SERVE Deliver a notice that an animal is at the shelter.
\nXTRA SERVE ALLEY CAT Calls to assist Alley Cat Advocates or to\neducate citizens on Alley Cat Advocates
\nXTRA SERVE COURT Calls requiring an officer to appear in court to\ntestify or represent MAS. Can also be for an animal control officer to drop of\ncitations, take out criminal complaints or other duties.
\nXTRA SERVE PDD Any call where an animal control officer delivers\npotentially dangerous dog paperwork to an owner or verifies that an owner has\ncomplied with the potentially dangerous dog requirements.
\nXTRA SERVE VIOL OTC A call where an animal control officer comes to\nthe shelter to issue a violation notice to a citizen redeeming their pet.
\nYARD CHECK Any call requiring an officer to inspect a property for\na variety of reasons such as court ordered, animal is at MAS
officer- The name of the\nofficer that issued the citation, civil penalty or violation.
\n\nviolation jurisdiction - Zip code of\nwhere the offense took place or where the citation was issued
\n\ncourt - If sent to\ncourt this is the date given to the person to attend court, If given a civil\npenalty this is the date of compliance for the civil penalty
\n\ndocket - For uniform\ncitations, it is the unique number on the lower right hand side of the\ncitation. For civil penalties, it is the violation no. For Criminal Complaints,\nit is the last seven numbers of the criminal complaint
\n\nappearance date- This is the date\nthe defendant has to comply by.
\n\noutcome date - This is the\ndate when the final disposition in made on the citation, civil penalty or\nviolation.
\n\noutcome stat
\n\nAPPEAL Owner is\nappealing a civil penalty
\nBENCH WAR Owner has a bench warrant because they did not show up\nfor court
\nCOMPLIED Owner has complied with a violation notice, civil penalty,\nor citation
\nCOND DISC Court case was conditionally discharged
\nCONV CITA Owner was issued a citation due to noncompliance with a\nviolation notice.
\nCONV CRIM A criminal complaint was taken out on an owner for\nnoncompliance.
\nCONVERT CP A civil penalty was issued to an owner for noncompliance\non a violation notice.
\nDISMISSED Court case, civil penalty or violation notice was\ndismissed
\nDWOP Court case was dismissed without prejudice.
\nEXPUNGED Court case was expunged.
\nGUILTY Owner plead or was found guilty in a criminal case.
\nGUILTY KRS Owner plead or was found guilty of a charge involving a\nKRS violation in a criminal case.
\nGUILTY PDD Owner plead or was found guilty of a dangerous\ndog/potentially dangerous dog violation in a criminal case.
\nGUILTYOTCA Owner plead or was found guilty to Owner to Control\nAnimals in a dangerous dog/potentially dangerous dog criminal case.
\nHAND ADMIN Owner did not comply with a civil penalty.
\nLETTERMAIL Letter was mailed to an owner due to noncompliance with\na civil penalty
\nNOT GUILTY Owner was found not guilty in a criminal case
\nPAID Owner paid a fine for a civil penalty or violation notice
\nRETURN ACO Violation notice was returned to the officer due to\nnoncompliance
\nSENT ATTOR Violation notice was sent to the county attorney to\nreview for a criminal complaint.
\nVOID Citation, civil penalty, or violation notice was voided.
receipt - If there\nwas a fine or fee owed, this is the receipt number automatically generated when\npaid by the offender
\n\noffense - The\nLouisville Metro Ordinance or Kentucky Revised Statutes that was violated
\n91.002 - Restraint required
\n91.004- Owner to control animal; Nuisances prohibited
\n91.007- Interference with enforcement prohibited
\n91.010- Sanitary disposal of animal feces required
\n91.020- Dog, cat, and ferret licenses
\n91.023- Other required licenses and permits
\n91.025 - Vaccinations; fixation of tags
\n91.040- Number of dogs on residentially used property
\n91.070- Impoundment authorized; euthanasia of unclaimed animals
\n91.071- Reclaiming impounded animal
\n91.072- Quarantine of animals
\n91.090- Provision of necessities
\n91.091 - Restraint by leash, chain, or collar; specifications
\n91.092 - Abandonment
\n91.102 - Confinement in a motor vehicle
\n91.128 - Sale of animals from animal shelter
\n91.150- Dangerous dogs and potentially dangerous dogs
\n91.152 - Requirements for ownership of a dangerous dog or a\npotentially dangerous dog
\n258.225 - Peace Officers and animal control officers required to\nperform duties- Interference prohibited
\n525.130- Cruelty to animals- 2nd degree
\nCITATION - Generic category given to indicate a citation was issued\nto a specific animal
\nLMO 91.002 - Restraint required
\nLMO 91.020 - Dog, cat, and ferret licenses
\nLMO 91.071- Reclaiming impounded animal
Contact:
\n\nAdam Hamilton
\n\nAdam.Hamilton@louisvilleky.gov
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