Animal Control Incidents
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Animal Control Incidents
Incidents responded to by the Baton Rouge Animal Control and Rescue Center (ACRC).
ACRC is responsible for carrying out duties related to animal-related situations, including: administering the anti-rabies vaccination, licensing, and tag program; investigating animal cruelty incidents; investigating dog fighting; resolving dangerous animal situations; rescuing injured animals; investigating abandoned animal cases; investigating occult, animal sacrifice, and bestiality cases; resolving stray animal situations; enforcing the leash law and owned animal problems; assisting law enforcement with narcotics, evictions, and DWI cases; enforcing barking dog cases; inspecting dog yards/pens; chaining or tethering compliance; assisting animal welfare groups with feral interventions; and conducting educational programs.
As many of the incidents included within this data set involve active cases that are currently under investigation and computerized system limitations do not allow for automated screening of open/closed cases, the identity of animal owners is redacted to protect the privacy of the animal owner. Members of the public interested in the identity of a specific incident may contact ACRC directly to inquire about the incident and, if it is closed, ACRC will release a copy of the file to the person requesting it. However, location data regarding where the incident was reported or occurred is included within this data set, which may or may not be the same location as the animal owner's home or property.
In addition, to protect the identity of the complainant (person filing the complaint or alerting ACRC to a potential incident), only the complainant's street name is included as part of this data set.
Finally, while all incidents are updated on a daily basis, incidents involving animal cruelty are updated based on a rolling 30-day delay to allow for ACRC to investigate the incident and make a determination as to the validity of the cruelty complaint.
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT NUMBER | cequip | cequip | Text | ID of vehicle used to respond to incident |
| VACCINATION DATE | vacdate | vacdate | Calendar date | Date of vaccination of animal, provided by owner |
| SIZE | size | size | Text | Size of animal |
| LOCATION | location | location | Text | Location of incident |
| REQUEST TYPE | cprequest | cprequest | Text | Type of incident being reported |
| AVAILABLE TIME | cavailable | cavailable | Text | Time officer was finished with incident and was once again available for another call |
| ARRIVAL TIME | carrival | carrival | Text | Time officer arrived on scene |
| DISPATCHED TIME | cpdisptime | cpdisptime | Text | Time an officer was dispatched to incident |
| INCIDENT DATE | cpdate | cpdate | Calendar date | Date incident was called in |
| FILE NUMBER | cpfileno | cpfileno | Number | Internal file number of incident |
| COLLAR COLOR | collar_color | collar_color | Text | Collar color |
| VACCINATION NUMBER | vacc_num | vacc_num | Text | Vaccination id number of animal, provided by owner |
| SERVICE CODE | service_code | service_code | Text | Code is used at the responding officer's discretion; may be the same as CPREMARKS but may be different if issue is not what complaint reported |
| IMPOUND NUMBER | impoundno | impoundno | Text | Number used to track animals being impounded into shelter |
| REMARKS | cpremarks | cpremarks | Text | Remarks provided during initial call, if any |
| CALL TAKER | cpoperator | cpoperator | Text | ID of employee who took the call |
| DISPOSITION DATE | dispdate | dispdate | Calendar date | Date of disposition |
| ZIP CODE | loczip | loczip | Text | ZIP code of incident |
| COMPLAINANT STREET | cpstreet | cpstreet | Text | Street of complaintant |
| INCIDENT TIME | cptimercvd | cptimercvd | Text | Time incident was called in |
| IMPOUND TIME | impound_time | impound_time | Text | Time animal was brought into shelter |
| DISPOSITION OFFICER | dispoff | dispoff | Text | Name of officer responsible for disposition of animal |
| PET NAME | petname | petname | Text | Pet has a name. Used when turning in animal to be adopted. |
| BREED | breed | breed | Text | Breed of animal |
| MUNICIPALITY | municipality | municipality | Text | Municipality of incident |
| OFFICER | cpofficer | cpofficer | Text | ID of officer who was dispatched to incident |
| DISPOSITION | disposition | disposition | Text | How animal was processed once at ACC (e.g. transferred to the Companion Animal Alliance, an organization with which the City-Parish is contracted to perform all animal sheltering, adoptions, and animal reclaimations) |
| COLLAR | collar | collar | Text | Type of collar, if any |
| SPECIES | species | species | Text | Species of animal |
| IMPOUND DATE | impound_date | impound_date | Calendar date | Date animal was brought into shelter |
| DISPATCHER | cpdispatcher | cpdispatcher | Text | ID of employee who dispatched the officer to incident |
| AGE | age | age | Text | Age of animal |
| TEMPERMENT | temperment | temperment | Text | Temperment of animal |
| CONDITION | condition | condition | Text | Condition of animal |
| COLOR | color | color | Text | Color of animal |
| SEX | sex | sex | Text | Sex of animal |
| DISPATCHED SITUATION | cdispo | cdispo | Text | Indicates if officer was dispatched (D) or the call had to be postponed (K) and addressed the following day. |
| DISPATCHED OTHER | cpstandby | cpstandby | Text | Not dispatched by cad but there is dispatch info in record |